Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [adv] useful " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , it did n't seem to do much good , but it was to come in very useful later .
2 As for girlfriends , it was here that my eidetiking came in particularly useful .
3 Their hospitality pack of shampoo gave her coat a lovely sheen and the hairdryer came in very useful .
4 My grandad was a barber and my mother was a hairdresser so they taught me how to cut hair and it came in very useful , especially when I did National Service .
5 The pack , however , had Elastoplast , which came in very useful when I caught my finger and started dripping blood over the Troika stand .
6 It came in very useful because they were quite a while before the gas was connected .
7 Comrade Wu has been kindly giving us Chinese lessons in the evening whenever we have some spare time , so you can tell that his tuition , what little I was able to attend , has been coming in very useful .
8 The governor 's thing is coming about quite useful tonight because we 've been talking about the law as regards governors and parents ' rights and what you 're supposed to ask parents
9 The man 's delusions might come in positively useful . ’
10 It 's very important to get this strip perfectly straight , either by accurate measurement against the stairs or by using a string line and making small pencil marks every half-metre to align the bottom edge — again , that second pair of hands can come in very useful .
11 Your medical training might come in very useful indeed , and they might allow you to continue your medical training it is always handy to have a fully qualified doctor to call on if the need arises — if you take my meaning . "
12 They would come in very useful now .
13 That is one of the roles of your Association and it is what your membership fees go towards and it is there to be used and they 've done their best so I hope it will come in very useful for you for this year and I wish you a very good year .
14 Come in very useful .
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