Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pers pn] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , these statistics are crude , but they strongly suggest a world in which war may often have seemed prohibitively expensive , especially once it came to be realised that Æthelred 's military operations tended to be unsuccessful . |
| 2 | They had offered him the position of editor in chief with , apparently , more direct control over the content of the paper , but only if he came off the Board . |
| 3 | If you , so if you come in come in next week some time and |
| 4 | Selection itself — the choice of this material rather than that — can be a hidden form of indoctrination and the more so if it comes in the garb of so-called publicly agreed authority . |
| 5 | It does , however , have its consolations because developing new ideas can be a stimulating and exciting experience , especially if they come to fruition . |
| 6 | Especially if we came to Sheffield . |
| 7 | Finally , as an incipient autocrat , he would not tolerate any interference , or " mediation " , wherever it came from , but especially if it came from foreigners . |
| 8 | Everyday experience tells us that a flavour mixed with some other will be perceived differently from that flavour presented on its own , but a click and a light ( perhaps because they come from different modalities ) are less likely to interact in this way . |
| 9 | The Queen and Prince Philip survived it only because it came upon them in middle age — when any youthful indescretion or misbehaviour had long since been enjoyed and then forgotten in the mists of time . |
| 10 | Perhaps since she came to London many men had kissed her . |
| 11 | ‘ Excellent advice , ’ he said pleasantly , ‘ especially since it comes from such a paragon of good behaviour . ’ |
| 12 | This happens long before they come into a residential establishment . |
| 13 | Sue fell in love with the house long before it came on the market . |
| 14 | By this time there was very little he did not know about being a prince ; and long before he came to it he would know more than most men born to it about being a king . |
| 15 | ‘ She , with great dignity , accepted my invitation and she said that we wo n't wait for too long before she comes to Russia on an official visit , ’ he said later at London 's Hyde Park Hotel . |
| 16 | Long after I came to the army as I were telling you I used to go to pictures , I were in the S in the Savoy down Mostyn Street one one night I went and there in the programme there was this old er travel picture er some town or other th . |
| 17 | They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment . |
| 18 | I mean the management are quite prepared to stick together when it comes to getting grants as the Ffestiniog Slate Company . |
| 19 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 20 | It explained everything , though she fought it , fought the nightmare truth of her growing feelings for him , her respect , her admiration , her jealousy , her pain , her longing to make him feel something for her , anything , so long as it came from the heart and not the body … |
| 21 | ‘ Heightened expectation on the part of supporters is understandable and tolerable so long as it comes with a sense of realism . |
| 22 | Mains now realises tat there is a need for a certain amount of public relations work in his job , especially as he came to the coaching position under strained circumstances . |
| 23 | The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food . |
| 24 | Timely interventions by senior Army officers had already established the ‘ official view ’ that the paratroops had fired only at clearly identifiable targets , and only when they came under heavy fire from gunmen , and nail and petrol bombers ( Curtis , 1984:41–2 ) . |
| 25 | Birds , fish and invertebrates provide some fascinating instances of the use of tools , but it is only when we come to the mammals , and particularly the primates , that tool using begins to approach anything like its full potential . |
| 26 | Our steppe will truly become ours only when we come with columns of tractors and ploughs to break the thousand-year old virgin soil . |
| 27 | Only when he came through the trees and round the small hill that sheltered the house , only then did he see the soldiers who had camped in the house and the grounds . |
| 28 | She did nothing much about it — Eismark was still just somebody in shipping , not a politician — and it was only when he came onto the Secretariat that she asked for money to do some more work about it . ’ |
| 29 | Only when it comes to the nuclear deterrent or matters of top intelligence-gathering is the short-term commercial approach deliberately shelved . |
| 30 | And not only when it comes to promotions . " |