Example sentences of "[subord] it come [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was not too worried ; he had had enough of worry for one morning ; if it came to the worst he would just report it stolen . |
| 2 | Howard Barker is described in the programme as a playwright ‘ known for his robust stance ’ — feet apart , biceps raised ? — ‘ against the tide of TV obsessed populist drama , ’ but the dialogue in A Hard Heart sounds as if it came from the violet-ink-filled pen of Oscar Wilde . |
| 3 | If it comes to the worst , she does a very good Marmite sandwich . |
| 4 | What does my hon. Friend think of the actions of Derbyshire county council , which refused one low-cost tender because it came in the wrong coloured envelope and ended up accepting a higher tender from its own work force at an enormous extra cost to charge payers ? |
| 5 | ‘ When it come to the last quarter of an hour , you want to have that last a long while ! ’ |
| 6 | The fall , when it came with the Eighties , was from a great height . |
| 7 | But she might still be a hindrance when it came to the rough stuff . |
| 8 | When it came to the major events in the life of that other world outside Baldersdale , such as Christmas , the celebrations were muted , to say the least . |
| 9 | Ingrid and other loyal friends spent long hours burning the midnight oil with her when it came to the final typing . |
| 10 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 11 | I had even studied Geology as my science subject and although I was cack-handed and obtuse when it came to the practical side had enjoyed the theory well enough . |
| 12 | For an unusual moment Haverford was silent , looking , when it came to the real thing , a little out of his depth . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to be in charge , ’ he later said , ‘ when it came to the actual making of the films . |
| 14 | When it came to the actual recording , there was the sound of the pistol shot — followed not by the thump but by Ken wailing as only Kenneth Williams could wail . |
| 15 | Everyone tried to help , reassuring her that this was a good omen , she would be marvellous when it came to the actual performance , but it was fairly obvious she was in a bad way . |
| 16 | When it came to the front door , she found she could n't go in . |
| 17 | But when it came to the first anecdote the tale of her son 's embarrassing performance in a school Nativity play the old professional skills suddenly shone through . |
| 18 | A few weeks later when it came to the 1985 Budget , Nigel set himself the same goal . |
| 19 | But when it came to the British people , who it was claimed he had so dreadfully harmed , the court went into secret session . |
| 20 | Again , these gave them the advantage when it came to the swift ‘ attack-and-run ’ tactics which they frequently employed . |
| 21 | Sure , there were specialist writers on individual sports who were of unimpeachable quality , but when it came to the Big Event , or the Big Interview , McIlvanney was the one whom we read with both pleasure and despair — emotions generated by the pride at being in the same trade as the main , and by the realization of his supremacy . |
| 22 | And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ . |
| 23 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 24 | He even took exception to the introduction I gave him and when it came to the commercial break , he wagged his finger at me . |
| 25 | Therefore , when it came to the social charter , when we really would have liked to influence events , Britain was left with no negotiating power , few friends and only one course of action — to opt out of the social dimension altogether . |
| 26 | The weekend lost its appeal for me when it came to the fundamental rebirthing philosophy . |
| 27 | When it came to the special compulsory purchase hearings ( taken as part of the Hinkley C Inquiry ) , the Board also fell flat on its face . |
| 28 | We still worked for our own papers but pooled our resources when it came to the human-interest pieces for the Sundays . |
| 29 | In the past it was invariably the leading Americans who seemed to have more grit or nerve when it came to the closing stretch . |
| 30 | Yet the president 's radicalism unfortunately did falter when it came to the public sector . |