Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [adv] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they had done this to her possessions , what would they do if they actually came face to face with her ? |
| 2 | Caecilians are rarely seen for they seldom come to the surface except at night and even if they are accidentally dug up , they may well be mistaken for brightly coloured earthworms . |
| 3 | No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em . |
| 4 | When we read in the Roslavl' files that twenty-three agitator brigades were dispatched to villages in order to celebrate international Women 's Day , it is hard to imagine that they ever came across our peasant woman from Struga , and even more difficult to believe that they would have much impact on her ways of thinking even if they did . |
| 5 | A spokesman confirmed that they probably come from the Bremen Kunstverein , from which fifty paintings , 1,715 drawings and 3,000 prints went missing at the end of the war , and that experts are still examining them . |
| 6 | A handiwork lesson where children were mechanically engaged in a task ( making brooms ) which all had already mastered before they ever came to school . |
| 7 | ‘ But once the Men take an eagle like that they never come back , never , ’ said Kraal , his great voice faltering before the power of Creggan 's . |
| 8 | I cancelled the afternoon 's lessons and returned home in a daze , cursing the Allies and hoping that they would be better behaved if they ever came to liberate us . |
| 9 | He let the veteran British know exactly how he felt when they recently came face to face at a film festival . |
| 10 | Why ca n't they dip into modules because once they 've learned that they then come to us and we say right you 're at the stage where you can do the certificate in Industrial Editing sit our exam |