Example sentences of "and when it come [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ .
2 Firelight was conspicuously much less nervous , and when it came to the riding she did for Nails what she would do for none of the others , even Nutty .
3 He even took exception to the introduction I gave him and when it came to the commercial break , he wagged his finger at me .
4 But La Traviata is essentially a singer 's opera , and when it comes to the singers , Toscanini displays a rigidity that is little short of insensitive .
5 The British experience was perceived by Michael Foot when in Opposition in the following way : ‘ I think one of the most serious threats to the power of the House of Commons is the notion which is growing up that you can have a meeting in Downing Street of the Executive and the CBI and the TUC who make an agreement that is binding and when it comes to the House of Commons the House of Commons has not the power … to tear that bargain apart ’ ( quoted in Grant 1977 , p. 169 ) .
6 and when it comes to the
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