Example sentences of "came for " in BNC.
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| 31 | When Jean 's turn came for her third , she fully expected it to be as straightforward as Billy and Berta , but in the last week she got a lot of bleeding . |
| 32 | ‘ She came for it soon after you 'd gone off to t' farm , ’ Aunt Nellie explained . |
| 33 | He recorded that the stone was overturned as a result of his visit , as ‘ … some tinners in the contiguous country , of these gentlemen , believed that they came for treasure ’ . |
| 34 | When the time came for Stalin to be removed from the atheist Pantheon as a heretic , it was done posthumously by transferring his corpse to an obscure place rather like a properly canonised saint having the procedure reversed . |
| 35 | ‘ And yet when the time came for me to go to her , I hesitated . |
| 36 | When I came for refreshments , I rushed through down the stairs and back again , walked into the bridewell , and called out for my refreshments . |
| 37 | At a quarter to eleven the taxi came for me . |
| 38 | During the Battle of Britain , an urgent call came for quick production of Receiver and Transmitter Cabins — radio location or Radar . |
| 39 | A few days later the call came for general mobilisation . |
| 40 | Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged . |
| 41 | Luckily , in a place the size of Scampton it was easy enough to keep out of her path , and this I did quite successfully until my turn came for demobilisation . |
| 42 | Furthermore such preparation would be of value when the time came for serious sexual training . |
| 43 | Success came for Charles Tennant in 1798 when he patented a chlorine liquor bleaching agent and was made doubly secure in the following year with an improved agent in powder form . |
| 44 | When the time came for the cake to be cut , Breeze handed the knife to Susan — but her wrists were not strong enough to saw through the solid mass . |
| 45 | We 've got what we came for . ’ |
| 46 | Worst of all they leave without what they came for . |
| 47 | If I could not believe in the sovereignty of God when it was my son lying there how could I tell someone who came for counselling , suffering the whims of a very insensitive partner , ‘ You continue to honour God in this situation . |
| 48 | When the time came for Chloe to leave home , Pauline became unduly worried about her health and constantly clucked over her like a mother hen to make sure she was alright . |
| 49 | Only one letter came for Sir Hugo Drax , asking for ‘ more details ’ . |
| 50 | Do n't you know what it was that you came for ? ’ |
| 51 | He told the bailiff who came for him that he must shave , and suggested he stepped into his studio where on an easel he was confronted with the half finished Lazarus . |
| 52 | When the time came for returning the spoon , he found that part of the soft horn bowl had worn away . |
| 53 | Gandhi himself once had a room in West Kensington , and the notorious landlord Rachman kept a flat for the young Mandy Rice-Davies in the next street ; Christine Keeler came for tea . |
| 54 | Reading the Bible was a fascinating experience but prayer was hard , and churchgoing and worship were also something to be lived through until the time came for the sermon , which I relished . |
| 55 | When the time came for constructive criticism of my sermon , my friend Hartmut Kopsch remained resolutely silent . |
| 56 | When the time came for them to go , Stephen went with them to the buildings , to see where the greys were stabled . |
| 57 | When the time came for the baby 's baptism , Elizabeth still had not recovered her former vivacity . |
| 58 | He could only really recapture the timbre if he had laryngitis when the time came for shooting . |
| 59 | He went back to bed and wept until they came for him . |
| 60 | On reflection , though , he decided it would be unfair to leave his younger brother to face this alone , and he waited till they came for him . |