Example sentences of "it came to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one great and essential difference , however , between Haussmann and Wren ; the Great Fire of 1666 had given the English architect a head-start when it came to demolition of existing buildings . |
| 2 | It came to Paul that he could watch it advancing from the roof of the hall . |
| 3 | But when it came to women , the Captain was a non-starter . |
| 4 | When it came to women , there was a flurry of gender-specific arguments : printing was " a calling for which their delicate frames are wholly unsuited " . |
| 5 | As Adele had pointed out , even men of integrity could behave differently when it came to women . |
| 6 | When it came to things he did not know how to draw , he often asked Bobby Hunt to do them . |
| 7 | Until recently , 1p coins topped the league when it came to money lost in or near telephone boxes . |
| 8 | However odd Stubbly 's behaviour had been just lately , I was relying on his basic northern canniness to keep to some vestige of normalcy when it came to money . |
| 9 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 10 | Later it came to Lord Eldon . |
| 11 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 12 | I had almost total recall when it came to gags , and innocently told the Con-Sec that as it was too late to engage a replacement comic , I 'd gladly do Dave Swan 's act for him , and went on to storm the audience . |
| 13 | When it came to slanging matches against Greycoats the Gasworks were well ahead on points ; in examinations and suchlike boring rubbish the Gasworks were quite happy for Greycoats to take precedence . |
| 14 | The fact was , the beleaguered prime minister explained to a restive House of Commons , that when it came to income maintenance , history had turned the welfare state on its head . |
| 15 | But when it came to sport New Zealand has always been turned in . |
| 16 | It was much the same when it came to doctors for the people . |
| 17 | Susan hoped the skill would come back to her if it came to guns . |
| 18 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 19 | Yanto , who would do anything for anybody who asked him nicely , also had a very short fuse when it came to insults , especially in front of witnesses . |
| 20 | Several of the passers-by turned to look at her , for although she was — as she herself would have expressed it — ‘ no Helen of Troy ’ when it came to looks , there was some thing very engaging about Breeze . |
| 21 | bloke going on about nothing to them , you know they thoroughly enjoyed doing the songs and everything , but when it came to listening |
| 22 | As the proposed grant for 93–94 from Christian Aid was so large , at £50,000 , the Committee was asked to consider the proposal in advance , and give some now indication of whether it would support the request when it came to committee for approval next year . |
| 23 | The mare was not as fast as Grye but she had the edge on the stallion when it came to jumping , and Seb did not intend stopping to open any gates . |
| 24 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 25 | If it came to court today Armstrong would not be convicted . |
| 26 | If ever it came to court ! |
| 27 | Up until then I was still pretty naïve when it came to affairs of the heart . |
| 28 | Now when it came to Paradise Lost , this tension , which is simply excluded from Il Penseroso , is actually inserted into the poem . |
| 29 | It came to Kanchelskis waist high and the Ukranian , who struggled in the last month to retain his place , scored with a perfect volley . |
| 30 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |