Example sentences of "came [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think anyone would argue though , that the true stars of the event came on at mid bill , at 6.30pm . |
| 2 | There was no sort of law against erm employing people without a certain amount of rest and erm that was employed , er that was occupied that office from first thing in the morning when the bus went out from five o'clock and erm he would , the depot clerk would go off round about dinner time , there 'd be his relief who came on at nine o'clock and worked with him until dinner time and he 'd carry on till five and then we had , what was called , the cashiers come on duty then , there was a cashier and erm a hand . |
| 3 | It might not be in strain-on-your-meat-pies Trideocolor or go on all night like America 's bloody buggering 119 channels , but at least some nice bint like his old French teacher came on at ten-thirty and said good night as you drank your bloody buggering Ovaltine and waited for the shipping forecast . |
| 4 | His hands came down at either side of her , trapping her against the wall . |
| 5 | ‘ Where is Jack ? ’ asked Mr Rogers , as he came in at six o'clock . |
| 6 | And when he came in at eleven o'clock breathing beer and curry fumes , try to fight off his hot little hands . |
| 7 | She 'd had bad times before she got the flat , but with the flat and the job she felt herself well off She worked from six in the morning to a quarter to nine , getting the offices clean and tidy for the staff who came in at nine o'clock , and for two hours in the evening , from six-thirty to eight-thirty . |
| 8 | So that when Greg Hocking , after an evening marking essays , came in at nine-fifteen for a good night pint , his friend the landlord said : ‘ Your old girls have been at it today . ’ |
| 9 | Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter 's shop . |
| 10 | Annie came in at seven-thirty every weekday morning , bathed and fed the child and , weather permitting , took her for an outing in the large black perambulator . |
| 11 | Nan came in at that moment . |
| 12 | He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief . |
| 13 | Ilse came in at that moment . |
| 14 | Like Marshall in the previous Test , Paul Terry came in at Old Trafford in plaster to help a team-mate reach his century . |
| 15 | Other performance results are more difficult to quantify , but a basic uncached 25MHz 486SX PC turned in Power Test results of around 7,000 to 7,500 , while the uncached Greenfield 33MHz machine I looked at this month came in at 8,619 . |
| 16 | Mrs Stych came in at half past one , her wings bedraggled from the weight of her coat . |
| 17 | Tessa came in at half past eight and looked overjoyed . |
| 18 | Whining farting howling erm he came in at half past five and er overnight again she 's got two carloads there so it was just the same till gone eleven anyway when Mick came in I said to him what did that bloke say and he said he 's looking out some different equipment to what he |
| 19 | Where Sorenstam finished at 11 under par , Helen Alfredsson , her sister Swede , came in at seven under . |
| 20 | The price-earnings ratio for the larger software companies was 24.7 against just 15.1 for smaller companies , while total market capitalisation to turnover came in at 1.24 for large and 1.11 for small companies . |
| 21 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
| 22 | ‘ I finished in 55 minutes and 40 seconds and Tim came in at 59 minutes . |
| 23 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
| 24 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
| 25 | The alert , relayed from Chris to the police emergency centre , came through at 5.40 . |
| 26 | It came off at one stage . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh no , it was a miracle that came off at all . ’ |
| 28 | Twice I came off at that spot . |
| 29 | The chain was faulty , and came off at regular intervals . |
| 30 | Flu victims Steve Gaughan , who was absent from Tuesday 's disastrous defeat by Reading , and Garry Hinchley , who played but came off at half time , are slowly recovering , and should be ready for consideration . |