Example sentences of "come [adv prt] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One former member of the Royal Corps of Signals had been to Hong Kong preventing the ‘ illegal entry of persons ’ , which would have come in handy for protecting intruders at Goldfinger 's headquarters . |
| 2 | The experience came in useful for another role right — as a makeup girl . |
| 3 | There was one occasion when the addled eggs came in handy for pelting a kid on a motorbike who 'd been riding up and down outside our house all evening and making a terrible noise . |
| 4 | We should remember from Mayhew 's account that the boots also came in handy for kicking policemen and other traditional foes of the costers . |
| 5 | Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie . ’ |
| 6 | Our newly expanded page area came in handy for the Financial Results Special — there are some big results to report . |
| 7 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 8 | A little perk this year for those who pay will be a pack of Medau headed postcards that may come in useful for advertising your classes in shop windows and the like . |
| 9 | A little perk this year for those who pay will be a pack of Medau headed postcards that may come in useful for advertising your classes in shop windows and the like . |
| 10 | I think it would come in useful for people in , in all sorts of areas |
| 11 | Some sessions involve a heavy work-out , so a spare , dry karategi might come in handy for the second session . |
| 12 | ‘ They might come in handy for making your trap , ’ he said . |
| 13 | In an emergency , that could come in handy for settling an attack of post-prandial mal de mer . |
| 14 | If his Majesty declines the offer , it will come in handy for some civic dinner I expect . ’ |
| 15 | The appendix on useful verbs should come in handy for those not up on adventure jargon , but be careful with the address section — a lot of them are now out of date so be prepared for some lack of response in some cases . |
| 16 | The machines have built-in fans — which should come in handy for any Pentium-based cousins no doubt — and come with removable 80Mb , 120Mb or 200Mb 2.5″ disks . |
| 17 | Like the birth certificate , it would come in handy for future missions . |
| 18 | A new injection of cash would come in handy for Quakers . |
| 19 | No it 'd come in come in handy for a curry though would n't it ? |
| 20 | It 's came in handy for the shopping that now anyway has n't ? |
| 21 | Come on applied for new . |
| 22 | No wonder the goalies wear those protective face-masks ( they also come in useful for protecting their identities when they go around hacking people up on Summer camps ) . |
| 23 | I have my footie boots on aswell ( and the shinpads come in useful for the tea breaks ) hehehe . |
| 24 | Of course it is much better to have further yarn masts , as they come in handy for even normal two-colour knitting , where they can do away with the necessity to remove one yarn and re-thread with waste yarn when you need to remove work on waste . |
| 25 | These substitute for open void media , and never block : besides , the water butt 's drain cock comes in handy for back-flushing . |
| 26 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 27 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |