Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it came " in BNC.

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1 In fact , we might have to be reminded that it came from a pig at all .
2 It could be argued that it came too late to correct the inequity completely , but at least it was a partial correction .
3 We had it scanned and it came to light the morning after the race .
4 That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ .
5 However , while it was comparatively easy to cobble together a story around a popular star , the British industry was not yet well organized when it came to finding a steady output of ideas for dramatic features and developing them into workable scripts .
6 We 've now got a good package which saves us nearly eighty thousand pounds and to actually undo all of that and create an awful lot of public disquiet plus a problem with regard to potential redundancy to particular saving that accommodates this as the absolutely completely inane and except for where it came from , I would be gobsmacked if it came tonight .
7 The East Bank was consistently preferred when it came to investment , for irrigation , land reclamation , electricity , transport and communications .
8 It will appear suddenly in the pocket of a jacket you have n't worn since it came back from the cleaners .
9 Each minute , each second , had to be played as it came .
10 Luckily the rug was never pulled although it came close .
11 Lee is typically miffed ; he liked playing the acoustic guitar , and the soft textures it gave off , but then he was beat when it came to playing lead breaks .
12 The man who had hunted down countless villains on the screen crumbled when it came to punishing a little white dimpled ball measuring 1.68 inches in diameter .
13 The left wing impact caused the aircraft to yaw sharply left and it came to rest erect on a heading of 150°M around 3.5 metres beyond the initial impact point , with the nose embedded 1.3 metres into the demolished lower comer of the building .
14 She had never questioned where it came from , though she knew deep inside .
15 Fleming went on to describe how the nasal secretions of the patient ( himself , in fact ) were cultured , and how a round microbe or coccus first grew and then was destroyed where it came close to the nasal secretion .
16 Doors were fitted and it came into use on 7 September .
17 ‘ It was about 8.30am and I was just getting dressed when it came over on the news , ’ said Mr Tyson , a former clerk of works at Harrow council , London .
18 This new ad had barely been launched before it came under attack from drink-driving campaigners who say it will miss the very people it is aimed at — because they will be at the pub .
19 He got his PhD through animal experimentation , but he was n't qualified when it came to recombinant DNA technique .
20 ‘ Laura always understood the importance of a brilliant idea to entice customers into the shop , even if their courage failed when it came to buying .
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