Example sentences of "come [adv prt] useful [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rolls was to come in useful when Gabrielle had an idea to get them both working . |
| 2 | Normally , Pooley was concerned to hide his upper-class origins from the general public as well as from his police confrères , but occasionally Eton came in useful when he wanted to discomfit a member of the public who was treating him like PC Plod . |
| 3 | The following will all come in useful but with experience you may find alternatives that suit you better . |
| 4 | Sparkle 's recessed transom should come in useful while cruising |
| 5 | He had hidden it , thinking it would come in useful if he persuaded any girls to go away for the weekend with him . |
| 6 | Fixed to your garden shed roof , or a convenient post , they 'll come in useful when those cold north winds blow in the autumn or spring , and you need to rush out and protect your tender plantings . |
| 7 | ‘ They 'll come in useful when you go abroad on holiday , ’ he told her firmly . |
| 8 | When I gatecrashed your life I suppose you thought I might come in useful as some kind of antidote — but it did n't work . ’ |
| 9 | This comes in useful when the time comes to mark the position of the mortises . |