Example sentences of "come the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How come the board have allowed Cuntona to go for a sing and a prayer ? |
| 2 | Then , while a Navy surgeon lieutenant — she liked the sport and a contract that would last nicely into her forties — had come the memoranda . |
| 3 | In recent years , however , has come the realisation that adults learn best when they have a say in what and how they learn . |
| 4 | However , we believe that it was right that the statement should be made in the House , from which have come the decisions that , in our opinion , have done so much to encourage the IRA through the years . |
| 5 | She had known they were n't going to make love the moment the sound of that door being either opened or closed had penetrated , and flooding in had come the memory that she was Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's guest . |
| 6 | There 's the ‘ I 'm so fat I could be a turkey ’ type of robin ; the ‘ Is n't there more to life than standing on this stupid twig ’ robin ; and , the special favourite , the robin with the ‘ How come the cattle always get to go in the stable ? ’ look . |
| 7 | Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window . |
| 8 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
| 9 | The money has come the Government 's waiting list initiative . |
| 10 | After the film noir of punk had come the escapist musical spectacular of ‘ the new pop ’ , demonstrated in a wild flamboyance which banished the austerity of punk rock to the shadows . |
| 11 | With peace had come the School 's first Sixth Form as that term is understood today , with nine members . |
| 12 | Her great-grandparents had lived in this house ; it was her great-grandfather who had bought the farm ; but from where had come the money for a Polish immigrant to buy a farm in those far-off days remained a mystery to both her grandfather and , of course , her father . |
| 13 | As he had grown older , his anger had turned to cold bitterness , and creeping into his mind had come the idea of revenge , something subtle enough to humble his mother , make her realize that he lived , without killing her . |
| 14 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 15 | After the initial decision to continue my trip had come the fight to quell bitterness . |
| 16 | Together with ‘ efficiency ’ and good management principles has come the crying need for experts to take charge of every field . |
| 17 | You know , how come the bar managers |
| 18 | erm , how come the bar meals used to be so cheap when the canteen 's . |
| 19 | Say what you like about Eliza Grierson , she was a very particular housewife , so how come the flat was in this state ? |
| 20 | Then , quite out of the blue , there had come the offer of a job at Marlborough ; for although I had resolved to abandon teaching , I had found , like so many others , that of all the means of earning one 's bread , freelance authorship was among the most precarious . |
| 21 | With the adoption of Christianity by kings and their subjects had come the conception of the " Christian ruler " , for Christ had been the " King of the Jews " and the society of the Old Testament was a kingly and patriarchal one . |
| 22 | ‘ Perfectly fine , thank you , sir , ’ had come the reply . |
| 23 | ‘ I should n't bother yerself if I were you , ’ had come the reply . |
| 24 | And really he 's got to , I mean , you know , alright with work wise I mean he 's got to take even if , I mean the kids these days , I mean , even at Neil 's age , I mean you know , I 've come the conclusion now these kids they think the world owes them something ! |
| 25 | Then had come the visit from a middle-aged man with a grey face . |
| 26 | How come the label did n't tell you that ? |
| 27 | The Sputnik demonstration of Soviet technological capabilities had made Foster Dulles ’ philosophy of massive nuclear retaliation untenable , and in its place had come the theory of imposing a pause with conventional forces to allow time for last-minute negotiations to reduce the chances of mutual nuclear suicide . |
| 28 | Everyone was heading for the bedroom from which had come the screams . |
| 29 | So we 've come the premise . |
| 30 | And how come the reader of Animal Farm accepts that they accept it ? |