Example sentences of "come [adv] at [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The idea , based on a shared controller architecture , was to come in at two to four times the performance of a conventional X box and reach pricing levels of $700-$800 a seat in two to three years .
2 and she said something about , oh we 've been to that new pub , she said , mind , she said , we had to come home at half past nine , she said , he 'd had enough , she said , he were ready for bed , God , she said he 's turning into a right old man , and you know what I mean , she did n't , she would n't ,
3 One autumn night , when Liz was preparing for Oxford and Cambridge entrance , Shirley had come home at ten from the Harpers ' , flushed from sexual excitement and from running through the cold streets under the yellowing smoke-scented suburban trees , her body on fire , and had found Liz still sitting where she had left her , two hours earlier , at the kitchen table , staring at the pale-green wall , as though in a catatonic trance .
4 Willey and Balderstone , both on debut , stemmed the tide for a while , and then Greig and Knott came together at 169 for 5 with the follow-on a distinct possibility .
5 They came together at 95 for 8 , with 43 still needed and England looking , a near-certainty .
6 So that when Greg Hocking , after an evening marking essays , came in at nine-fifteen for a good night pint , his friend the landlord said : ‘ Your old girls have been at it today . ’
7 Mrs Stych came in at half past one , her wings bedraggled from the weight of her coat .
8 Tessa came in at half past eight and looked overjoyed .
9 Whining farting howling erm he came in at half past five and er overnight again she 's got two carloads there so it was just the same till gone eleven anyway when Mick came in I said to him what did that bloke say and he said he 's looking out some different equipment to what he
10 The price-earnings ratio for the larger software companies was 24.7 against just 15.1 for smaller companies , while total market capitalisation to turnover came in at 1.24 for large and 1.11 for small companies .
11 To quote Bernard Pares , a founding father of the study of the revolution in Britain , writing in 1939 , ‘ The cause of the [ tsarist ] ruin came not at all from below , but from above .
12 Then last year Charlie made it two when the Arthur Moore trained Ninepins came home at 14–1 in the Oddbins Handicap Hurdle after a terrific ride from Swan .
13 You came home at four in the morning .
14 You went to school at nine o'clock , you came home at twelve , you went back at two and you came home at half past four .
15 Waugh ( 113 ) and Border ( 86 not out ) put on 168 in 27 overs after coming together at 95 for three .
16 On the trains everything 's okay , there 's a late flight at the airport , flight L O G nine seven three from Guernsey , now coming in at five past two , so if you 're rushing to meet that , there 's no need cos it 's not in for another twenty minutes , flight L O G nine seven three from Guernsey now due in at five past two .
17 The time , twenty one minutes past twelve and it 's erm the lunch time phone in with me John Simpson through till one o'clock , do n't forget we 've got the latest news headlines coming up at half past twelve , and if you want to join in the phone in you can now , Oxford three double one , one double one , the lines are open , there are lines free , so if you want to ring in .
18 Yeah , the catholic are coming out at half past nine are n't they .
19 Mm , yeah but I was coming out at half past nine
20 I 've got Len coming round at half past twelve
21 I mean , we may as well come in at twenty to ten , and , and have twenty minutes of you know because , nine thirty you know .
22 And , and even if you were on night duty you 'd be on night duty for twelve hours , you 'd come off at eight in the morning and have to go to a lecture at nine .
23 Yes we will come back at five to three .
24 at half past three or you can say if you 'd like to , if you 'd like to wait for half an hour , we 'll get a giro cheque to , issued to you or if you 'd rather you can come back at half past three and collect it .
25 is that until we get the final figures , final settlements it 's very difficult for them to , to put actual the budget figures , but we can still actually come back at those in February and find what the
26 It appears to me therefore that if a man diligently followed this desire , pursuing the false objects until their falsity appeared and then resolutely abandoning them , he must come out at last into the clear knowledge that the human soul was made to enjoy some object that is never fully given — nay , can not even be imagined as given — in our present mode of subjective and spatio-temporal experience .
27 And then er as I say The Bachelors come on at seven until eight .
28 In case you come in at twenty past eleven .
29 Well , we come off duty , we go on duty tonight at half past ten , and we come off at half past ten on Friday night , and we actually leave Didcot fire station at half five Saturday morning to get there for first light so we can make most use of the light , daylight hours .
30 ‘ Please come back at half past nine , ’ she said to Pip .
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