Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then on the rare occasion that the ball did come , of course , she missed it . |
| 2 | When the applause did come it was deafening , and she stood there unsmiling , though with her head bobbing up and down in acceptance of the appreciation . |
| 3 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |
| 4 | The railway did come to Stamford in the end , but even then the influence of the Cecils remained and is still visible . |
| 5 | From what we know when the information did come through , it was sometimes partial and often faulty . |
| 6 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 7 | And the press did come down , I mean it got some coverage . |
| 8 | again after the war , in this country , they erm , the lighting manufacturers never got round to it , there are too many er , there 's , there was too much call for er lighting in offices , shops , schools and that sort of thing and er , so a lot of the idea did come from abroad at first , the er Fin |
| 9 | So I would think that would probably be the only way we would protect ourselves if the threat did come … . |
| 10 | And when the time did come , there was great rejoicing in the land that Britain had recovered its sense of purpose and destiny . |
| 11 | But , if the time did come when she needed another confidante , Bridget was the person she would choose . |
| 12 | They put a red blanket over her in the ambulance and it was soft to her touch but then the pain did come , up in the wall of her back as if something was being pulled away like the backing from sticking plaster . |