Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it came " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no idea who got that extra money or where it came from . |
| 2 | We do n't know what it is or where it came from , but there 's obviously something in it ! ’ |
| 3 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 4 | I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape . |
| 5 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 6 | As a working detective , it would take six months of living with a mate to trust him and know that when it came to the Crown Court appearance he would know exactly what to say . |
| 7 | The implication was that when it came to embroidery , the stitching up had been done on Merseyside , if Barnes had been fit enough to train for the last two days . |
| 8 | And so whenever she imagined this scene , she knew that when it came to the visitor 's question she would capitulate and declare against her wishes , against her desire : ‘ Yes . |
| 9 | It would be simple enough to avoid their hospitality given sufficient ruthlessness and he had never lacked that when it came to safeguarding his privacy . |
| 10 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 11 | The market-boast died first , as one by one , IBM 's hottest new products fell by the wayside , starting as early as Series/1 and the 8100 , continuing through System 38 , which was excellent , but scared IBM 's mainframe mafia too much , to the RT , such a disaster that when it came to the RS/6000 , IBM had to play new kid on the block and study and try to emulate the leaders in the Unix market to get the thing off the ground at all . |
| 12 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 13 | … whether he himself — straight now — did n't understand that when it came to saving one 's life in the dark , one did n't care who else went — three , thirty , three hundred people . |
| 14 | The fact was , the beleaguered prime minister explained to a restive House of Commons , that when it came to income maintenance , history had turned the welfare state on its head . |
| 15 | The fact that the lane runs so wide and straight also tells us that when it came into existence the open arable fields of Barton and Wootton did not yet extend so far . |
| 16 | But the fact was that when it came to practical jokes , he regarded anybody as fair game , from the most fleeting acquaintance to the dearest friend . |
| 17 | Yet , if he was honest , he found that when it came right down to it , he wanted to call the shots , not have them called . |
| 18 | Linked with this latter point , it was also reported that when it came to an evaluation of training courses " higher education providers revealed that their concern was very largely with improving the quality of their courses rather than assessing their effectiveness upon participants ' management practice in school " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:172 ) . |
| 19 | She smiled , and did n't care a bit then that when it came to leading Travis up the garden path , she was doing a little garden path trail-blazing herself . |
| 20 | Ten minutes afterwards she had filled every available space on the card with news of her journey and her impressions of beautiful Mariánské Láznë , so that when it came to penning a signature there was barely any room for her own name , let alone room to add Cara 's . |
| 21 | I am pleased that when it came to the crunch I tried to help the people calling for help instead of thinking about what might happen . |
| 22 | anyway we , we had a petition that when it came up that er , that the new E E C rules were coming in that they would , they 'd going to have to have a clean way if you are you are and a dirty way out you know |
| 23 | More important was that German and Italian aid tended to arrive on request , and especially when most needed following Nationalist setbacks or preceding major pushes ; that it was channelled through Franco as Nationalist leader and not , as with Soviet aid to the Republic , through a political faction ; and that it came on easy credit terms with no political strings attached . |
| 24 | Wherever we see an ancient town church without a churchyard , we may well suspect that the town is the daughter of some mother village near by — now completely overshadowed by its offspring — and that it came into existence at a comparatively late date , since the Norman Conquest anyway , and most probably in the twelfth or thirteenth century . |
| 25 | An investigation of the Directorate published in Izvestiya of Oct. 22 , 1992 , revealed that the October 1991 order to form it from the troops of the Russian Interior Ministry was unknown to Supreme Soviet deputies ; that its personnel was armed and " in exceptional circumstances " could distribute its arms to people 's deputies ; that it guarded about 75 buildings in Moscow , " two-thirds of which have absolutely no relation to the parliament " ; and that it came under the jurisdiction only of the parliamentary Chairman . |
| 26 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 27 | His natural musical imagination silenced any lingering doubts , and when it came to music expressly written for the instrument — a brilliant showpiece sonata by the American , Paul Creston ; a new work commissioned from the young Irishman , Kevin O'Connell ; and Dave Heath 's vigorous fantasy , Rumania — McChrystal could not have been more persuasive , brilliantly supported by his accompanist , Kathryn Lenahan . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | Discovery was inevitable and when it came at last there were reasons to rejoice , but not at the reunion with Christopher . |
| 30 | And when it came its execution was planned with the perfectionist 's precision that was already Kylie 's hallmark . |