Example sentences of "coming [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nozzle of the big cleaner appears , it keeps coming until it falls on to the furniture and other junk piled against the wall . |
| 2 | Each was required in turn to break off and tell us the advertisements were coming and it did prove hard , such was the intensity of the exchange , to sustain the intellectual commitment over commercial claims for Whiskas and options . |
| 3 | Although it is a means of asserting authority , coming as it does at the start of the shift , parade is very relaxed and , from the point of view of the ordinary constables , serves as a way of casually reorientating themselves to the demands of work . |
| 4 | But is the consent valid , coming as it does from someone who is under severe mental stress ? |
| 5 | The Norwegian Forest cat is another large breed , coming as it does from the coldest part of the domestic cat 's range . |
| 6 | One hesitates to dispute this judgement , coming as it does from a source with such impeccable credentials in pitiless cynicism , but the fact remains that the young men of Oriel did n't see it quite that way . |
| 7 | Coming as it does from a historian who spent many years as a professional diplomatic officer , this judgment must command respect . |
| 8 | It is one thing to mistake and misrepresent Jesus , clothed in all his humility as Son of Man ; it is one thing to misread his parabolic teaching , coming as it does in riddles . |
| 9 | This particular accolade results from opinions given by our own buyers and coming as it does after four years of recession speaks volumes for our commitment to quality and customer care . |
| 10 | This was only his second murder in eighteen years , and he was somewhat annoyed by it , coming as it did during the best fishing of the year , and right at the time when his garden was at its peak . |
| 11 | Coming as it did from such a family — not only from Lazarus ' and Lyon 's own strenuous devotions to their faith , in which names are of the greatest significance , but also from that of Solomon Klinitsky-Klein , his maternal grandfather and his very similar tradition . |
| 12 | Mr Lawson admitted that the interest rate rise was extremely ‘ embarrassing , awkward and uncomfortable ’ , coming as it did on the eve of the Conservative Party Conference . |
| 13 | Word had already gone around about the sex sequence , and there was also some interest in the political content , coming as it did shortly after the attempts at peace in Vietnam and Nixon 's pledge to end the war . |
| 14 | It was a disagreeable story and coming as it did after the impact of the portrait it provoked in Dalgliesh a mixture of depression and foreboding which he tried to shake off as irrational . |
| 15 | Oakenfold 's version of ‘ Cloud 8 ’ was the only well executed or timely attempt ( coming as it did during last summer 's mellow months ) , and is included on the four track limited edition giveaway , ‘ The Baby Album ’ . |
| 16 | This must have been a most amazing sight , coming as it did as the climax of a much longer event staged beforehand outside Wanstead House itself . |
| 17 | It maddened Adam , his misuse of this word , which could n't of course be applied to guiding anyone on land , coming as it did from the Latin navigare and thence from navis , feminine , a ship , and agere , to drive or guide . |
| 18 | And as England found to their cost only last month , it is an ideal which still thrives on the Continent , Norway 's equaliser coming as it did from a 30-yard out-of-the-blue effort . |
| 19 | The dispute — coming as it did in the aftermath of Tyndale — served to confirm the view that the teaching force was too independent . |
| 20 | Ohly 's proposal was for an assessment by a special task force before any further substantial commitments were made in Indo-China but , coming as it did , a month after the US had made its half-a-billion-dollar commitment , it was probably too late . |
| 21 | The question , coming as it did unexpectedly at the end of her monologue , disconcerted me . |
| 22 | It was though an important win for Armagh , coming as it did after a series of disappointments prior to Christmas . |
| 23 | The UAE was reported to have reacted in a low-key manner to the Iranian takeover , coming as it did at a time when the Gulf states were hoping for improved relations with Iran . |
| 24 | President Scalfaro on July 30 described Scotti 's action as a sign that " factional interests " had been allowed to take priority , coming as it did at a time of national crisis . |
| 25 | The motion in favour of nuclear power , coming as it did from the Scottish NUM , represents a significant breakthrough in trades union thinking on energy issues . |
| 26 | This might have seemed odd , coming as it did less than a week after Franco 's bellicose public references to Gibraltar . |