Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] it came " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formed in 1918 in Waco , Texas , the squadron had several American homes before it came over to England as part of NATO — moving to Upper Heyford in 1970 . |
| 2 | It struck two cars as it came to rest . |
| 3 | The Conservative Party did not take up any definite stand on comprehensive schools when it came into office in 1979 . |
| 4 | At home the children all slept together and the new baby with its parents till it came off the breast . |
| 5 | Sir Richard said sportsmen had a tremendous impact on youngsters when it came to tobacco advertising and they had to set an example . |
| 6 | It is certain that LIFFE could not match the CBoT 's or the CME 's liquidity in these contracts if it came to head on competition . |
| 7 | Long after his death The Pilgrim 's Progress so universally found its way into the childhood reading of all classes that it came to be regarded as part of the heritage of all Protestant Churches in the English-speaking world . |
| 8 | ‘ I saw Mick and Jerry two days before it came out in the papers and they seemed absolutely fine , ’ he says . |
| 9 | He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was . |
| 10 | FIGHTER COLLECTION flew their P-38 Lightning back to Duxford from Lydd on Monday September 28 , 22 days after it came to grief in a belly landing at Lydd Airport , en route to the Shepway Seafront Airshow on September 6 ( FP October , p6 ) . |
| 11 | Marin Ceauşescu 's position at the Romanian Foreign Trade Mission in Vienna made him the provider of the family 's needs when it came to everyday items from razor blades to video films . |
| 12 | Me and my dad were about to cut these dykes when it came on hard . |
| 13 | Both received praise for the presentation , the colour and the crowds but mixed reviews when it came to the standard of play . |
| 14 | We still worked for our own papers but pooled our resources when it came to the human-interest pieces for the Sundays . |
| 15 | She alleged that the faculty then deviated from its regulations when it came to considering her application for exemption from some exams and also on the standard of scholarship it applied to her . |
| 16 | Hokus Pokus fried brains when it came out — the level of skating was incredible for the time . |
| 17 | I knew several wrinklies who took hours to find their glasses when it came to signing a cheque but who could see a net curtain twitch three streets away . |
| 18 | The second funniest election story , also courtesy of the Telegraph 's excellent City Diary , is that Grand Metropolitan chairman Sir Allen Sheppard has cancelled his headquarters ' subscriptions to the Financial Times because it came out for Labour . |
| 19 | watered down the terms so it came to nil . |
| 20 | It also presented him with an interesting little self-discussion about his future prospects because it came when he was on the cusp between low-key acting roles and moderate fame . |
| 21 | Sukey had done everyone proud , and the Lombard boys , who were labradors when it came to food , were soon wolfing smoked salmon quiche , marinated breast of chicken , mozzarella in brown rolls , ratatouille and potato salad made with real mayonnaise . |
| 22 | Nothing could have been less reasonable than my fellow-members when it came to paying their share of the bills . |
| 23 | Even so , they were still the poor relations when it came to wearing tracksuits or ‘ sweats ’ as the Americans liked to call them . |
| 24 | The Government followed few of these suggestions when it came to the enactment of its Police and Criminal Evidence Act . |
| 25 | His success with the coffee machine was acknowledged , grudged but acknowledged , but he had been made aware that there was an argument for calling in the professionals when it came to tampering with the thermostat on the air system . |
| 26 | It had been passed from hand to hand along a chain of trusted men until it came into his own , its message comprehensible only to his eyes . |
| 27 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |
| 28 | She was remembering how this M. Apéritif looked at her — ; the French , especially d'un certain âge , were such mooncalves when it came to flirting , rolling eyes and winking shamelessly ; she was in consequence smiling to herself when she reached the hall . |
| 29 | She put out a finger to touch the letters and it came away red-stained : the paint was fresh . |
| 30 | Be interesting , of course , if fire cover were withdrawn , because then they would have to rustle up the R.A.F. crews from Brize Norton who would n't know their big toes from their elbows when it came to plutonium and highly enriched uranium and chemical explosive . |