Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] come " in BNC.

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1 It was Neil Spencer , editor of NME , suggesting rather embarrassedly that I come and see him .
2 And she had a cold : she sneezed almost immediately after I came in .
3 They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment .
4 Says his admiring boss Peter Reid : ‘ Mike has done really well since he came in .
5 " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . "
6 One question of particular importance is whether trusts offered any interpretative advantages : were the jurists generally liable to cavil less and interpret more liberally when they came within sight of a trust ?
7 I know just now when I came in just now you were doing some housework .
8 ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’
9 The dictionary states quite clearly that it comes from the United States .
10 Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’
11 One of the interesting things that I do is go every so often and talk to groups of British civil servants who are going to spend some of them a week some of them up to six weeks on an exchange visit erm with the French civil service , in an attempt to learn a certain amount erm about how the system works , both so that they will be able to understand more easily when it comes to joint erm ventures , joint matters , joint policies , what the other side is doing and the pressures within which it 's operating , and also so that sometimes they may be able to learn things , and pick up useful tips and hints about the way to handle a particular problem .
12 And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ?
13 They had n't walked very far when they came to a tiny dirt track off the road .
14 The TV afternoons and the hours went so slow until he came back and turned the lights on .
15 They do n't forget so easily where I come from .
16 Whilst Sarah Hare left a perfect template for a gentlewoman 's funeral , Hannah Deane of High Ongar , Essex , went even further when it came to the specification for her coffin .
17 Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything .
18 Town planning needs and traffic needs clash most openly when it comes to squares and junctions , which is why the town at that point must reflect the needs of planning and give least consideration to the needs of traffic .
19 People did not have to face the problem alone as they do so often when it comes to social security benefit cuts .
20 well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws
21 It would be a shame to see Rocky dropped again after apparently playing very well since he came into the side , but at the same time I ca n't really see him keeping Strach out of the team .
22 Charlie ignored the order and crawled quickly forward until he came to the prostrate body of his friend .
23 We have a situation where the landowner is going to have to sell land relatively cheaply , in order that the land then , the land prices do not reflect too horrendously when it comes through to the price that has to be paid by the person who 's going to occupy the property ; either in terms of a letting figure or of something which is going to be an , effectively a mortgage figure .
24 ‘ You must n't mind if the children do n't stay very long when they come , Jack .
25 He was smiling grimly now as he came towards her .
26 The whistling of the wind was low , disappearing as quickly as it came , ruffling her hair .
27 The rain stops as suddenly as it came .
28 Archer 's expression was grim , his mouth closed tight briefly as it came flooding back to him .
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