Example sentences of "came at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her letter came at the wrongest time . |
| 2 | That came at the 7th tee . |
| 3 | The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . |
| 4 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 5 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 7 | It came at the right time . |
| 8 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 9 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 10 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 11 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 12 | As Worrell 's career came at the same period , the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement , especially as cricket is such an important part of Caribbean life . |
| 13 | The enormous increase in the demand for lace was largely due to the fashion for lace curtains which came at the same time as a huge house-building programme , and buyers came from home and abroad to negotiate their deals in the Lace Market . |
| 14 | The realisation came at the same time to both of them . |
| 15 | She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees . |
| 16 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 17 | The news came at the same time as Personal Computer World 's first annual awards — where the judges voted our 486-based PC the Best Power-User System ( see page 7 ) . |
| 18 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 19 | Now she came at the bitter end and she never did anything . |