Example sentences of "come at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
| 2 | Little knots of people stood about eyeing each other with an air of wondering why they had come at all . |
| 3 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 4 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 5 | By Wednesday the 208 had been reduced by 100 after four rounds , the cut having come at four over par . |
| 6 | By Wednesday the 208 had been reduced by 100 after four rounds , the cut having come at four over par . |
| 7 | The managers of such funds are on the stump , spreading the message that their day has come at last . |
| 8 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 9 | Proposals to replace our dry sow accommodation could not have come at worse time , with pig prices falling through the floor , and I suppose some would say that we are reacting plenty soon enough . |
| 10 | ... But no , for he had said her heart was badly damaged , death might have come at any time . |
| 11 | The timing of the announcement could not have come at a more politically sensitive time . |
| 12 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 13 | If he had come at me with a knife , I would have fought him . |
| 14 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 15 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 16 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 17 | As Myles came into view , his hat in his hand , all arrogance gone , he thought , All praise to almighty God , he 's come at last . |
| 18 | Everything seems to have come at once . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sad that it folded , but it 's come at a good time , ’ she tells me . |
| 20 | Hyundai 's S-Coupe has always come at a bargain price — but until now it lacked the performance to match its sporty looks . |
| 21 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 22 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Inevitably , in such a well-established industry — modern-style factoring has been in existence in the UK since the 1960s product improvement has come at the margins . |
| 25 | You have come at the wrong time . |
| 26 | He could have continued placidly with the life he had chosen , and would have excelled ; but telegrams of a peremptory nature , saying his mother 's illness had taken a turn for the worse and he must come , kept arriving from Colonel Carteret , and Paul had to leave his work , abandon lectures , and make the weary journey to London time and again , only to find Sophia weak but resigned , and reproachful for his having come at all . |
| 27 | The call for the entire squadron to scramble for a major transferral had come at 0.700 hours . |
| 28 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 29 | The first indication of the direction his mind ( or what passed for it ) was moving had come at the beginning of the trial when he called in two other judges to help determine whether the free pardon that Meehan had been granted quashed his conviction . |
| 30 | As Gandalf points out , all Sauron and Saruman and the orcs have done between them is ‘ bring Pippin and Merry with marvellous speed , and in the nick of time , to Fangorn , where otherwise they would never have come at all ! ’ — and so , one might say , though it is beyond Gandalf 's knowledge at the time , to rouse the Ents , overthrow Saruman , save Rohan , and free Théoden to make his decisive intervention at Minas Tirith . |