Example sentences of "it come [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What else if I , I have to go and relieve er if I want er to only work down the cabin and it come to meal times cos we carried on dredging from six in the morning we do al all the winters round cos they eat on the dredger they used to eat three winches four winches on the dredger cos they 'd heave the dredger across the river and back again , wo when they come to meal times I used to have to go on and relieve the man what was driving that winch and I used t cos the er er chins coming round the barrel of the winch they used to override and I used to have a handle to knock them clear .
2 Never serve cheese cold , take it out of the fridge at least one hour before it is needed and allow it to come to room temperature still wrapped .
3 Despite joint ventures in Europe with Philips and Olivetti , and in Spain , AT&T did not successfully achieve the same status as the existing ‘ foreign legion ’ telecoms equipment suppliers ; Siemens of Germany and Ericsson continued their traditional success as equipment suppliers in many countries , and ITT largely held on to its foreign markets both under its US ownership and when it came under majority French ( Alcatel ) control in 1986 .
4 Later it came to Lord Eldon .
5 When it came to slanging matches against Greycoats the Gasworks were well ahead on points ; in examinations and suchlike boring rubbish the Gasworks were quite happy for Greycoats to take precedence .
6 The fact was , the beleaguered prime minister explained to a restive House of Commons , that when it came to income maintenance , history had turned the welfare state on its head .
7 But when it came to sport New Zealand has always been turned in .
8 It came to Kanchelskis waist high and the Ukranian , who struggled in the last month to retain his place , scored with a perfect volley .
9 By the end of Saturday morning the whole place was spick and span , with hopefully not too many drops of cleaner on the floor when it came to inspection time .
10 I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things .
11 For someone who appeared so gleefully wicked and amoral , Cleo seemed surprisingly dim when it came to character judgment .
12 There the register-keeper was well and truly confused , since he not only referred to children of ‘ Charles William Titford , Linen Draper , Bishopsgate Street ’ — a nomenclature which we are used to by now — but also made an error when it came to wife Anne 's name — she appears as ‘ Mary ’ .
13 While education was the single most significant activity the employers of Advanced Course students engaged in , when it came to job titles and the nature of the jobs the students were or would be doing , educational occupations were not dominant in the same way .
14 These cases show that the courts took a fairly hard line when it came to police discretion in this area .
15 When it came to fisticuffs Sean Connery was happy to mix it with the best of them — ‘ He believed stuntmen were there to take the knocks and let them have it in the fight scenes , ’ said one .
16 And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city .
17 When it came to Glasgow fun Fergus stood alone , but Lord Roberts , that same whose statue and cuddy stand in splendid isolation looking down on Kelvin Park from Park Circus , told the graduation audience in Glasgow University in 1913 that , ‘ Britain stands alone still ’ .
18 When I , when it came to exam time , I used to work until midnight , have three hours sleep and get up at three in the morning to carry on revising er because I was n't brilliant and I could n't remember everything and it was hard work .
19 The programme took its usual course , until it came to news time .
20 Location was something of a problem when it came to Pat Phoenix , the phenomenally successful Elsie Tanner of Coronation Street .
21 And wounded pride was something that she could quite easily cope with when it came to Jonathan Whalley .
22 When it came to football Bert had one thing on his mind , pigeons .
23 Sir Richard said sportsmen had a tremendous impact on youngsters when it came to tobacco advertising and they had to set an example .
24 It came on St Valentines Day , 14 February 1979 .
25 I 'm not saying it 's bad , necessarily bad , but I think it has changed something and , and it 's , I , I certainly saw it when it came onto fire stations in the fifties how life changed in the fire station .
26 So , a victory for Oxford United ; it came after a few of the supporters had left the ground , it came in injury time — Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil , reporting on the match , a very happy Nick Harris .
27 An urgent message for the CO one morning was a very welcome change for his staff , especially as the note was by hand and it came from Lord Halifax .
28 However , the composition of this piece shows it came from Lake Baikal in Siberia , a source not exploited until the nineteenth century .
29 Some 30,000 tonnes of it came from Bom Futuro and an estimated 12,000 tonnes were smuggled into Bolivia .
30 Mia has now flown back to America with the one-year-old dog , which she has named Tip because it came from Co Tipperary .
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