Example sentences of "come in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when it when a bill came up and it would take away the money that we 'd saved for Kelly 's new school uniform , so it always seemed to come in a rush and there was always something needed like you know . |
| 2 | For the moment , it was left to England to capitalise on their 2–0 lead in the resumed one-day series , with three matches to come in a fortnight . |
| 3 | Is there nobody round here listening that can erm that could bring in some Beaujolais Nouv no no little Off Licence that will do this free publicity on the B B C to come in a say , Look I 'm an odd bin or something like that ? |
| 4 | The men from Saatchi and Saatchi have been doing their best in the glossy mags with the slogan ‘ there 's a lot of Glasgoing on in 1990 ’ — but yesterday provided the taste of things to come in a city which has borne more than its fair share of music hall humour and Billy Connolly . |
| 5 | And they used to come in a lot . |
| 6 | And he used to come and they could see him coming for he had to come in a cart . |
| 7 | Well , this has got to come in a letter , I mean , this is what we want . |
| 8 | Over the years these have come in a variety of shapes ‘ sizes and materials : mild steel , galvanised steel , cast iron , copper , aluminium and stainless steel . |
| 9 | His loyalty had come in a rush , like a drug , he had no doubts about which side he was on . |
| 10 | The helmsboy then engaged full ahead , performed two pirouettes , and thundered back the way he had come in a cloud of blue exhaust smoke and coloured speech . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's a fine young gentleman and his lady come in a chaise in the parlour now taking some tea . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah , we used to have , perhaps , three lots come in a week . |
| 13 | The chance has come in a review conducted by Andrew Large , chairman of the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) , the body that sits at the apex of Britain 's regulatory structure . |
| 14 | All also said they would prefer it if it came in a pot , rather than in the single-application , fiddly pea-sized plastic spheres . |
| 15 | The answer came in a roll . |
| 16 | The announcement that some routes in the area , which is visited by over 2,000 climbers a year , are to be equipped for ‘ environmental ’ reasons came in a press release that effectively throws down the gauntlet to the sport 's governing body . |
| 17 | A century earlier , in Shakespeare 's day , that world had been a mysterious place ; Othello could tell his travellers ' tales of the men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders and , while the references to Bermuda in The Tempest were up-to-the-minute , they came in a play that was a collection of fairy stories . |
| 18 | The court 's decision came in a case brought by two utilities , that provide power in California . |
| 19 | I always thought Australia 's finest export came in a cold can — until I heard the incredible slide playing of ex-patriate Dave Hole . |
| 20 | The milk came in a can and the teacher shared it out with a ladle . |
| 21 | The warning came in a plea to the Ministry of Defence by the Killin mountain rescue team in Perthshire , who also predict that axing the Leuchars facility will increased the workload and danger for mountain rescue volunteers . |
| 22 | It came in a stone mug , deliciously cold and wiping out in one mouthful the heat of the morning and the traces of last night 's headache ( he wondered briefly how the Engineer regiment was getting on in its battle positions ; by now they should be dug in and pausing for sips of lukewarm water or barely warmer tea . |
| 23 | The success of their first two singles meant that gig offers came in a flurry in 1986 . |
| 24 | It had occurred to her that most products came in a variety of sizes and offered a wide choice , but she felt the cosmetic trade was too dictatorial about what the customer should buy . |
| 25 | The response from the State Department came in a message dated the following day , 15 May [ KP 125 ] : " We believe that no distinction should be made between Chetniks and other dissident Yugoslav troops and that our position with respect to anti-partisan or dissident Yugoslav troops in general , in agreement with that of the British Foreign Office and in accordance with Macmillan 's recommendation , is clearly set forth in PEP TEL 424 , May 2 . |
| 26 | They came in a singing swarm . |
| 27 | It came in a sense to represent opposition rather than power , which was assumed by the mainstream Sunnis . |
| 28 | Shouts came in a chorus from outside . |
| 29 | The A Company team , led by Second Lieutenant Philip Alexander , came in a minute slower but scored maximum points with their shooting and just clinched the title . |
| 30 | The slap-down for macho big-spenders came in a survey by the Brut fragrance company . |