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

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1 The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on .
2 " It 's good of you to come at such short notice , very good , " said Willis .
3 It was good of you to come at such short notice and lucky for me that you had no date for this evening , as you so easily might have done . ’
4 It ran in MkII guise from 1954 to 1955 , but its six wins all came at insignificant domestic races .
5 [ And on the next day ] Dr Hunter and Mr Cruikshanks came at 9 this morning and put my wife into the Box on and in 130 lb weight of Paris plaister at 18d a bag .
6 I was in hospital when the desperately hoped-for call came at 10.30 one Monday night .
7 Oh she 'll be coming at thirty this year , wo n't she ?
8 The boat did n't come at any scheduled time .
9 And now they would be dancing , as we said , dancing right down , with the elegance and economy of movement that only exhaustion brings , the careful and expert moves that only come at that particular time in the morning .
10 Everything from bereavement and marriage to the price of yeast is taken as it comes at these rural meetings .
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