Example sentences of "[conj] come the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The risk , however , is that come the day of dispute adequate proof of the business practices will be difficult if not impossible to assemble and that the default provisions of the Partnership Act ( see below ) will have to be applied to sort out the problem . |
| 2 | Her savings mounted and she was confident that come the summer she would be able to afford a journey to England . |
| 3 | And it 's along these power lines from God the Holy Spirit that comes the power which gives light to those who live in darkness . |
| 4 | It 's along these spiritual power lines that comes the power that gives warmth and sympathy and companionship . |
| 5 | The specimen was taken from the eastern side of the sandbar just as the tide began to ebb and came the day after Kevin had taken a 2 lb 8 oz flounder from the same spot . |
| 6 | They were yes , well you could swing them grabs out and come the wire still |
| 7 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 8 | Scientists were aware of gallium 's potential as a semiconductor 30 years ago but come the computer revolution it remained largely ignored . |
| 9 | He had spoken earnestly , some years before , about finding the right girl to marry , about not letting his head be ruled by his heart ; but come the day , he had married because he had fallen in love . |
| 10 | During the week , she lives in her Chelsea flat , but come the weekend she joins the ‘ down-from-town ’ M3 pilgrimage to Lymington to be aboard her beloved Q2 . |
| 11 | But come the morning I do n't suppose she sprayed it , gelled it and covered it in cans full of failed meringue , which made her hands curl . |
| 12 | The reason was they set their alarm , they were terribly conscientious about setting their alarm clock so they 'd wake up in the morning to go to the exam , and er it was a very loud alarm clock so not the kind of thing you could sleep through , but come the morning of the exam the alarm went off and the student started to dream that they were out hearing church bells or something , you know they 're walking around hearing all these church bells , thinking is n't it nice , you know , it 's Sunday morning , oh I could go on sleeping . |
| 13 | … when came the fashion for the vanishing author , the silent author , the transparent text … , the critics , always quick to adapt their vocabulary to the latest bandwagon , started calling the narrator both character who narrates and the producer of the text , that is , the author … . |