Example sentences of "come in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All my specialist knowledge , all that accumulated wisdom of the ages , would surely come in useful to someone . |
| 2 | He had hidden it , thinking it would come in useful if he persuaded any girls to go away for the weekend with him . |
| 3 | If it was an animal charity the Bob Martin 's would come in useful . |
| 4 | He did n't really approve of women earning a living , but the extra income would come in useful . |
| 5 | ‘ When you grow up all this practice will come in useful . ’ |
| 6 | Nowadays the buildings were filled with furniture awaiting repair , lawn-mowers , deck chairs , tea chests full of bottling equipment or archaic kitchen utensils which ‘ might come in useful one day ’ , two deep freezers and a decrepit tricycle and a rocking horse , the property of Paul Young , their only child . |
| 7 | Trouble was , Sidney decided to go back to get the sentry 's rifle , obviously thinking it might come in useful . |
| 8 | Its abolition was recommended as long ago as 1967 but nothing has been done — one suspects a feeling that it might come in useful one day . |
| 9 | Fixed to your garden shed roof , or a convenient post , they 'll come in useful when those cold north winds blow in the autumn or spring , and you need to rush out and protect your tender plantings . |
| 10 | The following will all come in useful but with experience you may find alternatives that suit you better . |
| 11 | He failed to allow for the fact that Lucasta Redburn could not bear to throw away anything that might one day come in useful . |
| 12 | It would come in useful . |
| 13 | I thought that anyway it would always come in useful . |
| 14 | Thank you very much for asking so many questions , thank you for all the words at the end , they 'll come in useful . |
| 15 | You never know when it might come in useful . |
| 16 | More probably it was the product of the average scientist 's well-known unwillingness to get rid of anything if he thought that it might come in useful at some time in the future . |
| 17 | Never know when the knowledge might come in useful . ’ |
| 18 | The observations might come in useful later . |
| 19 | Sparkle 's recessed transom should come in useful while cruising |
| 20 | Hope these will come in useful ; I got 2 of as many as I could , so you could have one for handling and one for display — or for pinning up to show both sides . |
| 21 | If the May issue of Medau News is still short of regional news , perhaps a couple of items from Edinburgh will come in useful . |
| 22 | That is where lateral thinking can come in useful . |
| 23 | Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? " |
| 24 | She might come in useful . |
| 25 | You could never tell when they might come in useful . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought it might come in useful , ’ Rebecca agreed . |
| 27 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 28 | I mean , it could come in useful . |
| 29 | A little perk this year for those who pay will be a pack of Medau headed postcards that may come in useful for advertising your classes in shop windows and the like . |
| 30 | A little perk this year for those who pay will be a pack of Medau headed postcards that may come in useful for advertising your classes in shop windows and the like . |