Example sentences of "it come to 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He thought that by involving as many as possible in the formal decision-making , he was ensuring their support ; but he forgot that his pleasure in obedience had been learnt the hard way of monastic conversion , and it was not shared by many — not even , when it came to the push , at Bec — much less in the world . |
| 7 | A Touche Ross spokeswoman later confessed that , although some of the team had managed a practice run the week before , ‘ when it came to the day , a lot of people on the boat had never rowed before ’ . |
| 8 | Among the leading challengers from the home countries in the men 's event will be Steve Tunstall , who stormed through the beginning of the cross country season a year ago with victories at Durham , Cardiff and Mallusk but was clearly weary when it came to the championships . |
| 9 | Watching him in the market she saw how popular he was , and certainly he had an eye for the best produce on offer , but when it came to the exchange of cash he parted with it too readily . |
| 10 | She did her best to make light of it , describing in detail the dinner they had eaten , and only hesitated a little when it came to the stroll along the promenade . |
| 11 | Both received praise for the presentation , the colour and the crowds but mixed reviews when it came to the standard of play . |
| 12 | All the superiors , all the gold-braided ranking officers , had been short in their duty when it came to the breaking of this Englishman . |
| 13 | As a working detective , it would take six months of living with a mate to trust him and know that when it came to the Crown Court appearance he would know exactly what to say . |
| 14 | ‘ When it came to the birth I wanted to feel I could be left alone but have supportive people around me . |
| 15 | But that was not enough when it came to the Maastricht debate . |
| 16 | When it came to the drafting of the constitution those with clear ideas imposed them : these ideas , disguised by historical arguments , derived from the radicalism of the 1790 's and the only principle which underlay ‘ our Revolution ’ — the sovereignty of the people . |
| 17 | Until it came to the verdict : murder . |
| 18 | In Britain it came to the fore in the 1970s through Buzz magazine and the Greenbelt festival . |
| 19 | It stood her in good stead when it came to the areas of change which are always necessary in an organisation approaching its centenary . |
| 20 | Nominated for nine Oscars , but this was also the year of West Side Story , which swept the board when it came to the statuettes . |
| 21 | At the count , Mr Taylor held his own until it came to the boxes from Whaddon and Hester 's Way — then disaster . |
| 22 | The he-man was spoilt for sports car choice in the mid '60s but when it came to the crunch he would probably have gone for either the Austin Healey or the AC Cobra . |
| 23 | Although for some years now people have been suing them for outrageous sums well beyond any amount that could ever be insured , when it came to the crunch litigants always settled out of court for a far lower figure . |
| 24 | Ramsay and Fraser reckoned that perhaps one-third might desert Dunbar when it came to the crunch . |
| 25 | That would be bad news for Wales , although they have expected all along that wonder wing David Campese would be 100 per cent by the time it came to the crunch in Cardiff . |
| 26 | ‘ I believe we loved each other , but when it came to the crunch he could n't leave the priesthood . ’ |
| 27 | Kolchinsky was used to the gentle ribbing he got from the operatives about his cost-cutting exercises but when it came to the crunch he would never put any of their lives at risk for the sake of the budget . |
| 28 | Fuck that , we were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch , the same can not be said of the scum . |
| 29 | I am pleased that when it came to the crunch I tried to help the people calling for help instead of thinking about what might happen . |
| 30 | And it came to the crunch in April , I was on a death wish . |