Example sentences of "as they come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drums and bass were as solid as they come and the keyboards filled in any gaps . |
| 2 | Gainsborough 's house … to say nothing of huge grey sweeps of empty beach from which , at Aldeburgh , you can buy goggle-eyed skate direct from the fishing boats as they come out of the water . |
| 3 | I think in the long view it is all to the good that the government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared before we come in . |
| 4 | The new finance minister , Carlos Bolona , was educated at Oxford and is as financially orthodox as they come in Peru . |
| 5 | The boss , Jerry Benefield , is as American as they come . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's as obstinate as they come , your Uncle Walter . ’ |
| 7 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 8 | Against that , Labour in the person of Harold Wilson had a more widely respected leader then it has now , and many experienced Tory canvassers are convinced that thousands of former Tory voters who are now thinking of defecting will gloomily return to the Tory fold within the next few days as they come face to face with the possible reality of a Kinnock government . |
| 9 | Dung and bedding are added , as they as they come , with no particular thought to the balance between carbon- and nitrogen-rich constituents . |
| 10 | ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’ |
| 11 | But as soon as they come to rest the wings close and the animals become completely cryptic again . |
| 12 | Its unique Hydractive suspension provides genuinely superb comfort on most roads while the cabin is as roomy as they come . |
| 13 | Children come across written numbers , just as they come across written words , long before they are able to read or understand them . |
| 14 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 15 | Look out too for Chardonnays from elsewhere as they come on the market — for instance from Chile . |
| 16 | You have to take things as they come . |
| 17 | As they come through the death-cell door : |
| 18 | There can of course be no comfort for Mr and Mrs Young as they come to terms with their tragedy . |
| 19 | I 'M as big a Trekkie as they come but even I was shocked at the grey hairs and swollen girths of my heroes in Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country ( CIC , PG , out now ) . |
| 20 | That is Julie Godwin 's legacy and it will give her husband and her daughter strength as they come to terms with her loss . |
| 21 | As loyal as they come . ’ |
| 22 | If you are convinced that he or she is going to hurt you and you ca n't escape , you may even hit out as they come forward . |
| 23 | At that moment ‘ a white light shone forth like a sword ’ from Gandalf , as many people see ‘ the light that shone ’ round Éowyn and Faramir as they come down to the Houses of Healing . |
| 24 | ‘ I notice now the accent is already switching to more mobility as they come to terms with the new laws , ’ he explained . |
| 25 | Just as important , gay men are beginning to recognize other connections as they come to understand male sexual abuse and male violence , whilst white lesbians are making the connections with their racism . |
| 26 | She is as honest and upright as they come , but has landed like a ton of bricks on younger members of staff whose behaviour she does n't approve of . |
| 27 | She is as bigoted as they come , but the laughter is deafening . |
| 28 | Of course it is much better to have further yarn masts , as they come in handy for even normal two-colour knitting , where they can do away with the necessity to remove one yarn and re-thread with waste yarn when you need to remove work on waste . |
| 29 | But in my panic stricken state I still remember the advice to face forwards with feet stretched out in front to fend off the rocks , kicking myself off as they come rapidly one after the other . |
| 30 | ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’ |