Example sentences of "[adv] come in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 'd better come in first , ’ Reid motioned to him , and with a wave to the others announced , ‘ This is Doctor Masters , our new doctor . ’
2 He only came in last week .
3 Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie . ’
4 Uncertain how the children might react , I thought it would perhaps come in handy if I needed to defend myself .
5 I thought that anyway it would always come in useful .
6 They 'll always come in handy .
7 Although M&S may still come in second , the City believes it is set for strong future growth and the shares were marked up 6p to 355p .
8 My one 's falling to pieces , always come in handy
9 We should remember from Mayhew 's account that the boots also came in handy for kicking policemen and other traditional foes of the costers .
10 No wonder the goalies wear those protective face-masks ( they also come in useful for protecting their identities when they go around hacking people up on Summer camps ) .
11 It also comes in handy in cases of defiance when the child digs its heels in and says ‘ No ! ’ or ‘ Wo n't ! ’
12 It also comes in handy little pots , so you do n't have to waste half of it .
13 She is also a singer and musician , and her talent as a pianist has often come in useful to teachers with specialist classes .
14 ‘ Hopefully that experience will now come in handy . ’
15 And beer advertising has left the nation with the immortal phrase , ‘ It 's what your right arm 's for ’ , which often comes in handy when you 've gone too long without a laugh .
16 One useful trick that often comes in handy is to convert an entire spreadsheet to values .
17 All my specialist knowledge , all that accumulated wisdom of the ages , would surely come in useful to someone .
18 The Canadian racing authorities were again getting a rip-roaring brilliant finish to a Race Train Stakes … and Mercer , putting his brave face on it , again came in second .
19 The good old television recording once again came in useful as a reminder of the true reality when it clearly showed a presentable handover of the garment .
20 The mere 19 bars Lully provided for all this would seem to need a lot of stretching , and a good raucous oboe band would certainly come in handy to help fill out the accompaniment to these shenanigans .
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