Example sentences of "come [art] [noun sg] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished . |
| 2 | But I knew there 'd have to come a time when I broke the news to him that the education system and I had split up . |
| 3 | We 've grown up with it , there 's got to come a time when we say ‘ put a halt to it ’ , but er I do n't know what we 'll do then |
| 4 | There had to come a point where I took control of my future . ’ |
| 5 | If the 1930 agreement had taken effect fully , there could never have come a time when the freehold to the remainder of No. 263–265 would be left without a road frontage . |
| 6 | Then came the road where her knees went funny . |
| 7 | ‘ Then came the day when I snapped off my Marigolds , flung them in the marbleised pedal bin — well it was n't marbleised then , but it is now — and set off on this glittering career . |
| 8 | Then came the day when his own two sons came home and asked their mother ‘ when their Daddy was going to be killed , because all racing-driver daddies got killed ’ . |
| 9 | Came the day when the cadets were all summoned to witness the disembarking of one such home-bound expedition , returning victorious , though somewhat mauled . |
| 10 | Came the day when a robed elder Inquisitor activated a palm-tattoo that Jaq had never seen before , and spoke to him the words : |
| 11 | Then came the day when she explained about Yelton . |
| 12 | And then came the day when he came home to find her standing by the door with her bags packed . |
| 13 | Then came the period when I used to hang out a lot just with DeFries and we 'd drive down to David and Angie 's place in Beckenham , Haddon Hall , on Sundays , and Angie would cook and we 'd sit around . |
| 14 | Finally came the bookshop where dear Mr Sneddles tried to eke out a living . |
| 15 | Then came the moment when she finally realized that she needed professional help . |
| 16 | There came a day when the vision in my left eye suddenly almost disappeared . |
| 17 | There came a day when he arrived for a lecture in army uniform and carrying a rifle . |
| 18 | Came a day when your mother walked along the strand at Starr Hills and knew that tomorrow , or the next day , or the day after that , the stupid peasants would come and take away your grannie to the witch-finder , prick her for witch-marks , watch her till she maddened from sleeplessness , then swim her in the river . |
| 19 | Came a day when the man revealed that he had kept an exact account of all the money laid out on him , and could now , in his unexpectedly good situation in life , Pay every penny back to his benefactor . |
| 20 | There came a day when the diplomat received orders to return to America . |
| 21 | However , his new found wealth was also his undoing for he began to think too much and there came a night when , awash to the hack teeth , he boasted of his unholy aide . |
| 22 | But then , and quite different from such pleasures , and like a voice from far more distant regions , there came a moment when I idly turned the pages of the book and found the unrhymed translation of Tegner 's Drapa and read : |
| 23 | Dalgliesh wondered why it was that , when walking towards the sea , there came a moment when its roar suddenly increased as if a menace , quiescent and benign , had suddenly realized and gathered up its power . |
| 24 | And then came a moment when I was aware that its personal life was dissolving , and I could somehow perceive that a greater life , a kind of group ‘ bird soul ’ was taking over , for want of a better phrase . |
| 25 | But there came a time when that struggle could no longer increase life enjoyment as far as the adult population was concerned . |
| 26 | Though I jumped too when he cracked the whip , there came a time when I refused to jump as high as the others . |
| 27 | And then there came a time when he felt a pride in the deed , in the courage , the audacity , the resolution which had made it possible . |
| 28 | There came a time when he doubled back after the others had gone on the trail taking their cyan hardness with them . |
| 29 | There came a time when she thought that if she did it once more , he would burst of an apoplexy . |
| 30 | Came a point where the headaches and the rasping voice were not to be bought off for love nor money . |