Example sentences of "it come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er when it come to the election of a shop steward about in ni nineteen er I think it were nineteen twenty seven , it were nineteen twenty seven er I there were two hundred in our shop and I got elected shop steward , mainly I think because a lot more , most did n't did n't want to be bothered you know but anyway I I and so that 's what I retained . |
| 2 | That was a great week because they felt they were getting it for nothing , till it come to the end of the quarter and then they had to pay it . |
| 3 | Erm it come from the county surveyor , apparently he 'd had complaints . |
| 4 | That 's it come round the Y , now go back to the G , start , where you going ? |
| 5 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 6 | I told it to come to the Vecchio Reccione in Leicester Square at 9.30 , then I rang the restaurant and made a booking , using my PKB Amex card to confirm it . |
| 7 | There was not a sound except the stamping hoofs and as she watched he allowed it to come to the ground , pacing it in that superb prancing way , its silken tail swaying . |
| 8 | ‘ Aye , he used to look out for his dad 's cart on a Saturday at about 4.45 and he 'd wait for it to come across the line there . |
| 9 | But they had never before known it to come near the Namoi . |
| 10 | But some ‘ mouths ’ can have their ‘ deviance amplified ’ ( Young 1971 ) in order for it to come within the conduct expected of gougers . |
| 11 | ‘ This point can be proved by the constable dealing with the case describing the place sufficiently for it to come within the definition of ‘ street ’ at ( B ) 2 ante . |
| 12 | Had it been a real train the sound would have faded off towards the west — away from the hostel instead , and we could now hear the engine as well ; it came towards the hostel over the non-existent harbour branch and clattered to a stop , perhaps at one of the wharves . |
| 13 | It came through the door . |
| 14 | It came through the door leading to the boarders ' annexe . |
| 15 | All I can remember is an object hitting me in the head as it came through the window and glass shattering everywhere . |
| 16 | Big snake , it came through the fence . |
| 17 | Thus , despite all the effort he had devoted to the cause of German unification , he opposed it when it came through the force of Prussian arms and Bismarckian diplomacy . |
| 18 | ‘ Direct mail ’ ( often known as ‘ junk mail ’ ) , on the other hand , even though it came through the letter-box dressed up as a personal letter and not as a newspaper , arguably met the mass medium definition of reaching large numbers of people quickly and simultaneously . |
| 19 | you see , so , after that shop it came over the tannoy me and Elaine |
| 20 | In the context above , Mr Lorry did not perceive the actual change itself as it came over the doctor . |
| 21 | After five days it came with the speed of a poltergeist hurling a vase : Robson is the long time presenter of the Metro Radio programme Night Owls , ghosts strut their stuff at night , the two make a neat marketing ploy . |
| 22 | It came with the stripes he wore on his shoulder . |
| 23 | ‘ I think Dieter 's been a bit naughty , ’ Husband puffed , ‘ but it was a direct follow-up to an incident abroad , so you might say it came under the doctrine of ‘ hot pursuit ’ . ’ |
| 24 | The expression " transfer of assets " , the House of Lords held , was not to be infused with any different meaning by virtue of the fact that it came under the definition of " settlement " . |
| 25 | An investigation of the Directorate published in Izvestiya of Oct. 22 , 1992 , revealed that the October 1991 order to form it from the troops of the Russian Interior Ministry was unknown to Supreme Soviet deputies ; that its personnel was armed and " in exceptional circumstances " could distribute its arms to people 's deputies ; that it guarded about 75 buildings in Moscow , " two-thirds of which have absolutely no relation to the parliament " ; and that it came under the jurisdiction only of the parliamentary Chairman . |
| 26 | In 1972 it failed to reach reserve price when it came under the hammer at auction . |
| 27 | The group 's concern with rocketry was hardly respectable in those days : its existence was tolerated mainly because it came under the wing of Theodore van Karman , one of the world 's greatest aerodynamicists . |
| 28 | Whilst these proposals were still before the King , the army marched on London and expelled the leading Presbyterians from the House of Commons so that it came under the control of the Independents . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses . |
| 30 | Shortly afterwards it came under the aegis and support of the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries ( SCONUL ) and the scheme assumed the title of the SCONUL Tape-Slide Group . |