Example sentences of "[modal v] come at " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the conclusion of the meeting there will probably be three questions you will need to ask and which should come at the end of your own list . |
| 2 | She complained that it was ‘ indecent that fellows and wenches should come at such hours as they do ’ to get her husband out of bed for the night watches . |
| 3 | So it should come at the same |
| 4 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 5 | The sleeves must come at least mid-way down the forearm and they must not be folded , since this can lead to injury . |
| 6 | Similarly the trousers must come at least mid-way down the shins and must not have fraying edges which can whip across the opponent 's eyes . |
| 7 | Family and friends must come at the top of the list . |
| 8 | ‘ You must come at once . |
| 9 | You must come at once . |
| 10 | You must come at once . ’ |
| 11 | Cos I said I 'm really surprised , I said I thought you must come at least every week cos she seems to be so confident in the water . |
| 12 | You 'd be forever wondering what might come at you from the shadows . |
| 13 | Already almost a year earlier Churchill had recognised that the enemy collapse in Europe might come at any time . |
| 14 | And she might come at you very very but . |
| 15 | If you 're in trouble , blow it , and I 'll come at once . ’ |
| 16 | Well if I say I 'll come at five , cos that gives me a chance to do all the sort of phoning |
| 17 | I 'll come at once . ’ |
| 18 | Well I 'm hoping they 'll come at half past eight . |
| 19 | So if I come , I 'll come at three |
| 20 | A call for lunch could come at noon . |
| 21 | The rubber stamp for the proposals could come at a meeting of the Community 's Council of Ministers at the end of June . |
| 22 | It would be convenient if he could come at once . |
| 23 | An election could come at any time , and policies across the board were being honed in readiness . |
| 24 | In the resultant Postlethwait audio-tutorial laboratory , open from around 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 pm. , the student could come at a time of his own choosing ; at the entrance he would receive a descriptive hand-out explaining what books , notes , equipment would be necessary to bring along ; once inside he would be given a botanical specimen and would enter a pleasant area equipped with a multiplicity of booths or carrels . |
| 25 | Someone could come at any minute . |
| 26 | They did n't happen often , and could come at the unlikeliest times and places . |
| 27 | Then she phoned back about ten minutes later and she said wondered if we could come at eleven o'clock in the morning . |
| 28 | They er they used to come at the first , and I 'll tell you this and I , it 's my opinion , they got one of their own men er I 'd foxed them off , you know what I mean , to do their own odd jobs . |
| 29 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 30 | The idea was to sit the listener in the middle of a square array of loudspeakers , so sound would come at him from all corners — despite the fact that most live performances of music take place in front of the listener . |