Example sentences of "it came [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description . |
| 2 | As it came near he quickly lowered the camera and directed a wide-eyed stare , straight at the big cat . |
| 3 | Nothing would , in our belief , conduce more to the unity and harmony of the nation than a public policy directed to the provision of equal intellectual opportunities for all , and service to this end would be doubly effective if it came voluntarily as from those who have already received their inheritance , and desire to share with the rest of their countrymen that in which their life and freedom most truly consist . |
| 4 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 5 | It came on fitfully , but not so violently , several times on Thursday , and began severer threats towards night ; but I took between sixty and seventy drops of laudanum , and sopped the Cerberus , just as his mouth began to open . |
| 6 | But if it came on now … |
| 7 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 8 | Cos it came on sort of about middle of the day . |
| 9 | As it came on across the grass , quite a few people dropped to their knees and pressed their palms together in prayer . |
| 10 | But the Escort did n't stop , it came on until it blocked the road completely and before I could react , my door had been pulled open and a warrant card thrust in my face . |
| 11 | ‘ It came on suddenly — Charles has gone to look at this new sewing-factory equipment at some place in Wales … |
| 12 | ‘ He told me that there was a wonderful view , but it came on to rain and — ’ |
| 13 | And there was when it came on , in the afternoon there was this tremendous very loud roar ! |
| 14 | I know , I keep , well I 'd , you get worried because if it came on gently , you know , smoothly you know what , to come on so quickly I 'm |
| 15 | Yeah , and it came on just before eleven |
| 16 | These cover a large range of things , like the patient 's age , the patient 's sex , where the pain is , where it started , how quickly it came on , and so on and so forth , and essentially within the computer has a large table , and this table contains , how shall I put it , the frequency with which this particular symptom was associated with a particular disease over the last few hundred patients that have been seen at that hospital . |
| 17 | It came just three weeks before the students were due to sit their examinations . |
| 18 | It came just when we thought the powerful combination of Horan and Jason Little had produced the try of the day , the latter making a typically powerful break to send Horan gliding between the posts with the Baa-Baas defence dismantled . |
| 19 | ‘ It came just at the time Michael 's voice was breaking and Britten wanted him in that part , so he rewrote it as a young tenor . |
| 20 | Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for . |
| 21 | It came just as some bread with holes was unwrapped in our house . |
| 22 | And then they stopped it and it got spread about and then blah blah blah and then it came well it spread all through Europe and |
| 23 | If that came , it came later , when the King had time to go over events and perhaps have his grievances kindled . |
| 24 | It came nearer and it did n't sound right . |
| 25 | It came nearer still until it saw him . |
| 26 | As it came nearer she saw that it was a little man in his mid-forties . |
| 27 | It came nearer ; it became brighter . |
| 28 | It came nearer , still speaking and almost invisible : a white-cloaked cavalry officer on a horse . |
| 29 | It was heading towards the castle , and as it came nearer she saw it was a skier . |
| 30 | But as it came closer there was no mistaking the great leafy bird which flew across the road and disappeared over the top of the hill . |