Example sentences of "it [verb] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
| 2 | They would definitely , at least , break even , and it did come to bear a few times . |
| 3 | Much impressed with my narrow escape , Dad carried the object downstairs on top of the sand in the fire bucket — it did come in handy after all — and we sat around gazing at it , drinking the inevitable tea and storing up this tale to pass on to all our friends and relations . |
| 4 | Despite George 's vigilance the snow , when it did come , took him unawares . |
| 5 | After all , when it did come it initially avoided these political problems by the simple device of locating the determinants of crime in the individual 's make-up ( and for that reason the early version of positivism has been a firm favourite with rulers and governments ever since ) . |
| 6 | For reasons which are both obscure and immaterial , there was considerable delay in this report coming to the attention of the local authority having the care of J. When in January 1992 it did come to the authority 's notice , Dr. I. was asked to provide a further up to date report and in addition the authority obtained a second opinion from Dr. R. , a consultant paediatric neurologist with a London teaching hospital . |
| 7 | It need not , however , have had the significance it acquired in tenth-century documents when it did come to express claims to a kingship of all Anglo-Saxons . |
| 8 | Of course when the baths were made there were ladies days and gents days , mixed bathing was considered not the thing in these days , but it did come in in the twenty or the , or the late twenties . |
| 9 | ‘ It did come off rather well , did n't it ? |
| 10 | And that night steals some milk and er sure enough it did come and then when the witch woken up in the morning and found out that somebody had been milking the cow she said er whoever stealing the milk will never work for six month . |
| 11 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |
| 12 | and it did come true , cos when I was in the room there I could hear |
| 13 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 14 | It did come down once . |
| 15 | its , honestly it was and eventually of course it did come out and there 's always been a gap because the one behind |
| 16 | Yes it did come to think of it . |
| 17 | If it does come , say the Swiss , it may not be until the second week in January . |
| 18 | I hate asking favours of anyone , especially you , but if it does come to that — if your sister gets the police on my trail , do you think you could let me know ? |
| 19 | Oh , not now , but when the time comes — if it does come . |
| 20 | If it does come on stream , each theatre would be able to carry out roughly ten per cent more operations than the 1930s theatres the suite will replace . |
| 21 | It does come packed in a box of course , but if you want to join a knitting club or class and are asked to bring your machine with you , you may wish you had a carrying case with a handle . |
| 22 | I mean , it does come out at the other end very soon afterwards . |
| 23 | If it does come to giving assistance , remember this is living tissue , it is not a strong arm fight , it is not a macho business or a battle of the sexes . |
| 24 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 25 | Concentration does not come from an effort of will ; it does come from an interest in your subject . |
| 26 | So it does come to thirty . |
| 27 | So that 's that 's one to Every now and again on your own just look through a couple of the papers and have a go at that , so that when it does come up on the exam you 're not kicking yourself |
| 28 | Let's see what it does come to ? |
| 29 | Er I 'll , I 'll perhaps go back to that later , cos it does come into the way that money splits . |
| 30 | Though at first this is quite hard to do , it does come with constant practice . |