Example sentences of "come [adv] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 But the lifts of the pen came regularly at every fourth letter — Middlemass had never found a forger who remembered to vary the interval at which he lifted pen from paper — and the dot above the i , high and slightly to the left , and the over-emphatic apostrophe were almost a trade-mark .
32 Within seconds he had been substituted and within minutes a goal almost came about at the other end .
33 If it is obvious that US policy towards Indo-China could not be considered in isolation from its policy towards the rest of Asia , it is even more obvious that the integration of US policy for Vietnam came about at the same time as the disintegration of its policy towards China : the most traumatic episode in US power-war policies in Asia , at least until the outbreak of the Korean war .
34 Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion .
35 On Easter Sunday and Monday April 19th and 20th , farm shops and food and drink producers from southern England are coming together at a traditional food fair at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum , Singleton , near Chichester , to show how local produce can be bought on a regional basis .
36 Reaction to their two recently-rescued Sam Powell ales , formerly brewed by the Sam Powell Brewery in Newtown , Powys , is also very encouraging , with repeat orders coming in at a good rate .
37 Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history .
38 Less than 36 hours after the discovery of the body , facts were coming in at a fair rate , though it was still not possible to decide which were relevant and which not .
39 They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain .
40 ‘ Otherwise , if they keep coming in at the same rate , Hong Kong will be totally swamped and will not be able to cope .
41 That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour .
42 He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force .
43 Then there were those brown corduroys and blue jeans : the very seams of his old , faded pants enraptured me , seeming to underscore the seductive outlines of his lower frame , running from the back of his thick leather belt down along that mysterious , rich intercrural channel , and coming out at the other end of the tunnel at the tense crossroads orienting the scrotum 's heavy bag with its blissful raphe , or subtly defining and underlining the inside and outside of the long , smooth thighs and the stocky , bulgy , athletic calves .
44 Just turn everything up , ’ and I said to the drummer , ‘ Get out there and start drumming the intro to Hot For Teacher and I 'll come in at the appropriate moment . ’
45 There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring .
46 The planning will need to take account of the fact that the groups should come together at a later stage .
47 Do come home at the agreed time ; if you 're going to be unavoidably late , ring your babysitter and let her know .
48 I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands .
49 I mean , it does come out at the other end very soon afterwards .
50 And I think they are graded slightly higher than the as , they they will come out at the same cost , same overall costs .
51 They do n't come round at the same time so you 're always out of phase and it always looks untidy .
52 Does the Wednesday ferry come in at the same time ? ’
53 They finally come together at the lowest level of their relationship .
54 As you can see , though each of these poems ‘ simply ’ describes a moment that has something to do with the natural world , other thoughts and messages come through at the same time .
55 ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . )
56 Her first instinct was to turn and walk straight back to the changing-rooms ; after all , had n't she come here at the one time when she 'd thought David Markham was safely out of the way ?
57 As a stake in society comes in at a higher cost , the old certainties begin to wither .
58 Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more .
59 Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show .
60 Right , so we 've got Busy with an internal call coming through , and you 're busy and an external call comes through at the same time .
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