Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did it just come on all of a sudden ? |
| 2 | All my specialist knowledge , all that accumulated wisdom of the ages , would surely come in useful to someone . |
| 3 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 4 | A little perk this year for those who pay will be a pack of Medau headed postcards that may come in useful for advertising your classes in shop windows and the like . |
| 5 | A little perk this year for those who pay will be a pack of Medau headed postcards that may come in useful for advertising your classes in shop windows and the like . |
| 6 | I think it would come in useful for people in , in all sorts of areas |
| 7 | More probably it was the product of the average scientist 's well-known unwillingness to get rid of anything if he thought that it might come in useful at some time in the future . |
| 8 | Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? " |
| 9 | He is a capable finisher and his experience of the big occasion will come in useful in a Maghery side gunning for their first title . |
| 10 | Some sessions involve a heavy work-out , so a spare , dry karategi might come in handy for the second session . |
| 11 | ‘ They might come in handy for making your trap , ’ he said . |
| 12 | In an emergency , that could come in handy for settling an attack of post-prandial mal de mer . |
| 13 | If his Majesty declines the offer , it will come in handy for some civic dinner I expect . ’ |
| 14 | The appendix on useful verbs should come in handy for those not up on adventure jargon , but be careful with the address section — a lot of them are now out of date so be prepared for some lack of response in some cases . |
| 15 | The machines have built-in fans — which should come in handy for any Pentium-based cousins no doubt — and come with removable 80Mb , 120Mb or 200Mb 2.5″ disks . |
| 16 | Like the birth certificate , it would come in handy for future missions . |
| 17 | A new injection of cash would come in handy for Quakers . |
| 18 | No it 'd come in come in handy for a curry though would n't it ? |
| 19 | High carbohydrate drinks will help refuel your muscles and will come in handy in the hour or so after the race if you are not able to eat anything . |
| 20 | Useful — really functional language items that can come in handy in real situations . |
| 21 | Much impressed with my narrow escape , Dad carried the object downstairs on top of the sand in the fire bucket — it did come in handy after all — and we sat around gazing at it , drinking the inevitable tea and storing up this tale to pass on to all our friends and relations . |
| 22 | Although it is mostly made up of perennial plants which will come up fresh in spring , there are one or two evergreen shrubs added for structure : an upright rosemary and a couple of spiky yuccas . |
| 23 | They manage to get food sent through to the controlled zones and I saw a van come back laden with fruit which the compañeros had sent them in return . |
| 24 | Another place , for example , it might be a good idea to stagger the times of closing of late night discos and so on so that everybody does n't come out all at once . |
| 25 | In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict . |
| 26 | Without any information as to the nature of the chemical that had poisoned her system she had no way of telling if she would come out alive at the other end of the process . |
| 27 | He is cornered now — maybe he will come out red-eyed like a bear . ’ |