Example sentences of "come the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told him to come the day before the operation , ’ she says ‘ I thought I 'd still be looking fairly reasonable then . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I shall still want you to come the day after tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | Still to come the day 's sporting action , but first financial report in association with Barclay 's Bank for your financial needs . |
| 4 | Proof of their evil intentions came the day the dog caught one . |
| 5 | The specimen was taken from the eastern side of the sandbar just as the tide began to ebb and came the day after Kevin had taken a 2 lb 8 oz flounder from the same spot . |
| 6 | ‘ Then came the day when I snapped off my Marigolds , flung them in the marbleised pedal bin — well it was n't marbleised then , but it is now — and set off on this glittering career . |
| 7 | Then came the day of the anti-hero . |
| 8 | Expert systems will be key elements of ‘ fifth generation ’ computers and ICL 's announcement came the day after the government gave its response to the Alvey report ( p 272 ) |
| 9 | The only visitor who came to Kinghorn was Benstede , who came the day before . ’ |
| 10 | Came the day , and the film unit — a ponderous line of vehicles , carrying half a ton of exceedingly expensive equipment and all the people required to make it work efficiently — rumbled out of the centre of Leeds . |
| 11 | Then came the day in the year 1482 when Elizabeth Mowbray received a letter from the king requiring her presence with her daughter at court . |
| 12 | Then came the day when his own two sons came home and asked their mother ‘ when their Daddy was going to be killed , because all racing-driver daddies got killed ’ . |
| 13 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 14 | Came the day when the cadets were all summoned to witness the disembarking of one such home-bound expedition , returning victorious , though somewhat mauled . |
| 15 | Came the day when a robed elder Inquisitor activated a palm-tattoo that Jaq had never seen before , and spoke to him the words : |
| 16 | Then came the day when she explained about Yelton . |
| 17 | A turning point came the day Charlotte 's cousin saw them together and reported back , ‘ She 's actually quite ordinary — and she wears red shoes ! |
| 18 | And then came the day when he came home to find her standing by the door with her bags packed . |
| 19 | Then there came the day of the invasion by the removal men . |
| 20 | Doi 's resignation came the day after the party 's central executive committee adopted a draft policy document which called for an acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the Japanese Self Defence Forces ( SDF ) and of the country 's right to self-defence . |
| 21 | His departure came the day after a " frank " meeting with President Corazon Aquino with whom his relations had become increasingly strained . |
| 22 | Tabuchi 's statement came the day after Japan 's National Police Agency had urged the country 's banks and securities houses to establish mechanisms in order to monitor dealings with customers suspected of involvement with organized crime . |
| 23 | Nkumbula 's departure came the day after parliament refused to accept the report of a committee which had investigated the abuse of public funds by Cabinet ministers . |
| 24 | Then came the day that bought a video camera and filmed me ironing . |
| 25 | The closure announcement came the day after the resignation of Timex 's British president , Peter Hall , the man who became a hate figure for the 343 workers sacked five months ago in a dispute over lay-offs and cuts in benefits . |
| 26 | The debate came the day after Councillor Charles Gray , the president of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities , gave warning that jobs and services were under threat and that at least half the councils in Scotland would not be able to increase their spending by more than 2.25 per cent . |
| 27 | Within this framework , the feat of believing that someone will come the day after tomorrow does not seem at all out of the way . |
| 28 | ‘ She did n't come the day before yesterday . ’ |
| 29 | He had spoken earnestly , some years before , about finding the right girl to marry , about not letting his head be ruled by his heart ; but come the day , he had married because he had fallen in love . |
| 30 | And that , come the day of judgment , may well weigh in its favour . |