Example sentences of "it [adv] came [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only came to light today . ’ |
| 2 | I put on the dress and it suddenly came to life . |
| 3 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |
| 4 | A transcript of the tape-recording made in the restaurant was a central plank in the prosecution case when it finally came to court eighteen months later . |
| 5 | 2 weeks ago it finally came to trial 2 weeks ago and today was the day of judgement , but she 's still waiting . |
| 6 | On the other hand , I suspected that those concerned with the practical supply of publicly available information to business executives ( whom , after all , the work carried out here was originally intended to help ) would probably not take the trouble to read such a review , if it ever came to fruition , because it would not be practical enough ! |
| 7 | It also came to light that Mrs Dyer was a close friend of another convicted baby farmer , Margaret Waters . |
| 8 | Cairns-Smith 's view of the DNA/protein machinery is that it probably came into existence relatively recently , perhaps as recently as three billion years ago . |
| 9 | Er , it probably came into fashion in the , something like the eighteenth century . |
| 10 | They say it really came from Croissant , meaning crescent , because there 's a bend in the valley and the river there . |
| 11 | It often came at night as I subconsciously relived the tensions of the previous evening 's crises . |
| 12 | But it immediately came under fire … from an angry councillor . |
| 13 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 14 | It never came to trial , since Charley died soon after Rose went home . |