Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] come home " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mistaken loan decisions or pricing policies swiftly come home to roost in an organisation with a balance sheet of only a few hundred million . |
| 2 | When Farries fought Benny Lynch for £5 at the Eldorado at Leith , the two Glaswegians cheerfully came home together on the train . |
| 3 | BELVILLE : I have had the mortification for some weeks past to come home to a very different Pamela than I used to . |
| 4 | ‘ Pigeons always come home to roost , my dear . ’ |
| 5 | I think the end result was that erm I say this man was dead so Married man with four children just coming home from work , minding his own business . |
| 6 | But as soon as she was arrested the potential consequences really came home to her . |
| 7 | But Nutty believed him , and the consequences of the turn of events gradually came home to her , and her face , instead of lighting up with joy , dropped with dismay . |
| 8 | A lot of lads started out here , went to Sarries , a few to Wasps then come home again . |