Example sentences of "come at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new expansion of the department has come at the right moment for the National Railway Museum in view of the recent acquisition of the Ian Allan negative collection . |
| 2 | Conchis was no more than the chance agent , the event that had come at the right time ; just as in the old days I might , after a celibate term at Oxford , have met a girl and begun an affaire with her , I had begun something exciting with him . |
| 3 | And Africans — ANC leaders and trades unionists tell us , ‘ MRA has come at the right moment . ’ |
| 4 | Creaney , who now forms a new strike partnership with Andy Payton , and has nudged his boyhood idol Charlie Nicholas into reserve football , feels the Cologne tie has come at the right time . |
| 5 | Suddenly , she knew that her aunt 's news had come at the perfect time . |
| 6 | It has come at the eleventh hour . |
| 7 | It was to this area that the Hasteds had come at the very beginning of the 19th century ; previously their home had been in the City , in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Olave , Hart Street , but like many of their contemporaries they made the pilgrimage east . |
| 8 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 9 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 10 | You have come at the wrong time . |
| 11 | They er they used to come at the first , and I 'll tell you this and I , it 's my opinion , they got one of their own men er I 'd foxed them off , you know what I mean , to do their own odd jobs . |
| 12 | William was forced by the lie of the land to come at the Saxon strongpoint from the south . |
| 13 | Charlie is unaware of the spirits alive in him , so that the narrator of the story is frustrated in his attempt to come at the uncluttered account of past lives . |
| 14 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 15 | Is he guaranteeing to tell us where everyone of the cooks is going to come at the next Policy Meeting . |
| 16 | Whichever way I try to come at the Unknown Substance it remains just beyond my grasp . |
| 17 | The left 's moment of revenge came at the Labour special conference at Wembley in 1980 . |
| 18 | Her letter came at the wrongest time . |
| 19 | Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open . |
| 20 | That came at the 7th tee . |
| 21 | The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . |
| 22 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 23 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 24 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 25 | ‘ You came at the right time to save me and Hawkins . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes Julia accompanied her , and as they travelled home one day Carrie said thoughtfully , ‘ You know I never wished Ma dead , Julie , but I 've got to admit her death came at the right time for me . |
| 27 | It came at the right time . |
| 28 | Ghandi came at the right time , you know . |
| 29 | AUSTIN Rawlinson 's finest hour as a competitor came at the famous 1924 Chariots of Fire Olympics in Paris , where he finished fifth in the final . |
| 30 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |