Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] it came " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The East Bank was consistently preferred when it came to investment , for irrigation , land reclamation , electricity , transport and communications . |
| 5 | It will appear suddenly in the pocket of a jacket you have n't worn since it came back from the cleaners . |
| 6 | Each minute , each second , had to be played as it came . |
| 7 | Luckily the rug was never pulled although it came close . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She had never questioned where it came from , though she knew deep inside . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He got his PhD through animal experimentation , but he was n't qualified when it came to recombinant DNA technique . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |