Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , these statistics are crude , but they strongly suggest a world in which war may often have seemed prohibitively expensive , especially once it came to be realised that Æthelred 's military operations tended to be unsuccessful . |
| 2 | They walked like robots until Doyle yelled , ‘ Stop ! ’ with half his voice whirled away by the wind so that it came to them as a little thread of sound . |
| 3 | Whilst these proposals were still before the King , the army marched on London and expelled the leading Presbyterians from the House of Commons so that it came under the control of the Independents . |
| 4 | When full employment was reached and demand exceeded supply , inflation was likely to follow , but this could be counteracted by reducing demand so that it came back into line with supply . |
| 5 | Donaldson turned and saw that Bobo had her arm through the bars , prodding at the basin with a straw and rocking it so that it came close to spilling its contents within her reach . |
| 6 | As the excluded social forces grew in political strength , so they pressed in on the established constitution in ways which eventually caused it to buckle so that it came to be more in line with their views as to how things should be . |
| 7 | In time , this economic function may have grown strong enough to draw yet more people to it , so that it came to overshadow the original cause for the settlement 's foundation . |
| 8 | In very high winds it is usually better to deliberately let the glider swing into wind so that it comes to a stop facing directly into wind . |
| 9 | These are both recommendable performances : the Monte-Carlo orchestra , in particular , is on top form , and plays this familiar music for all its worth , so that it comes up as fresh as it must have sounded in St. Petersburg a century ago . |
| 10 | Divide mixture between tins , so that it comes up to the same level in both . |
| 11 | Add a length of plastic pipe over the top of the funnel so that it comes up to the top of the bottle . |
| 12 | Again , the main technique is of modifying the structure of the face-to-face interview so that it comes to resemble , in certain respects , a conversation . |
| 13 | Reality Therapy involves confronting the sufferer with the reality of life as perceived by others and helping him or her gradually to change the perception of how life should be so that it comes nearer to how life actually is . |
| 14 | They 've brought it forward a little , so that it comes out in the last week of April — after the newspaper pieces . |
| 15 | A timer can be fitted to an immersion heater so that it comes on at specified times of the day . |
| 16 | So could you please reformulate if you so wish , your amendment so that it comes in the appropriate point . |
| 17 | wide brim things and put it down and it comes down here on me |
| 18 | But only if it comes easily . |
| 19 | Selection itself — the choice of this material rather than that — can be a hidden form of indoctrination and the more so if it comes in the garb of so-called publicly agreed authority . |
| 20 | Finally , as an incipient autocrat , he would not tolerate any interference , or " mediation " , wherever it came from , but especially if it came from foreigners . |
| 21 | Cinderella , oh I do n't know when that one 's coming down if it comes down to the pictures we 'll go and watch it , I 'll promise you that , right , who 's nicked my cup ? |
| 22 | down and there 's a path goes along and it comes , it goes under the road bridge and it comes out at the foot bridge and it runs next to it |
| 23 | I knew a putt would have to drop before long and it came at the 8th , the par-3 ( 178 yards ) . |
| 24 | The Queen and Prince Philip survived it only because it came upon them in middle age — when any youthful indescretion or misbehaviour had long since been enjoyed and then forgotten in the mists of time . |
| 25 | There was a time Clan Gillian could put two hundred galleys to the water , but that time is past , and it may be long till it comes again . |
| 26 | ‘ Excellent advice , ’ he said pleasantly , ‘ especially since it comes from such a paragon of good behaviour . ’ |
| 27 | Sue fell in love with the house long before it came on the market . |
| 28 | They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment . |
| 29 | The rain stops as suddenly as it came . |
| 30 | I heard screams of anguish , then the attack faded away as suddenly as it came . |