Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [conj] it came " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could a man so intelligent in every other way be so obtuse when it came to ordinary everyday living ? |
| 2 | Constance could not decide whether or not his diffidence sprang from fear or indifference , and she found it puzzling that someone as confident as Nicky in every other area of his life should be so timid when it came to love . |
| 3 | I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things . |
| 4 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |
| 5 | Nothing would , in our belief , conduce more to the unity and harmony of the nation than a public policy directed to the provision of equal intellectual opportunities for all , and service to this end would be doubly effective if it came voluntarily as from those who have already received their inheritance , and desire to share with the rest of their countrymen that in which their life and freedom most truly consist . |