Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These notes were invaluable when I came to write up the results of the study . |
| 2 | Before starting to write , read through the whole of the examination paper and jot down in the margin the names of plaintiffs ( or criminal defendants ) in any relevant cases you remember , the dates of statutes and any other details that are likely to elude you when you come to write out the question . |
| 3 | This way , when you come to cut up the cake every child gets a piece with his or her name on it . |
| 4 | When they come to write up the results of their research different anthropologists will , for doctrinal reasons , give very different weight to these two major aspects of the data , but , in the field , the anthropologist must always pay attention to both sides . |
| 5 | No wonder , then , that when he came to write up the experience in Surprised by Joy he should have been so insistent that his father 's last illness and death ‘ does not really come into the story I am telling ’ . |
| 6 | Fred will feel the benefit when he comes to take over the business . ’ |
| 7 | He comes pounding down the ladder , and grabs the wheel and stampedes back into the waves . |