Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv prt] handy " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie . ’ |
| 2 | No it 'd come in come in handy for a curry though would n't it ? |
| 3 | Uncertain how the children might react , I thought it would perhaps come in handy if I needed to defend myself . |
| 4 | They 'll always come in handy . |
| 5 | My one 's falling to pieces , always come in handy |
| 6 | We should remember from Mayhew 's account that the boots also came in handy for kicking policemen and other traditional foes of the costers . |
| 7 | It also comes in handy in cases of defiance when the child digs its heels in and says ‘ No ! ’ or ‘ Wo n't ! ’ |
| 8 | It also comes in handy little pots , so you do n't have to waste half of it . |
| 9 | ‘ Hopefully that experience will now come in handy . ’ |
| 10 | And beer advertising has left the nation with the immortal phrase , ‘ It 's what your right arm 's for ’ , which often comes in handy when you 've gone too long without a laugh . |
| 11 | One useful trick that often comes in handy is to convert an entire spreadsheet to values . |
| 12 | The mere 19 bars Lully provided for all this would seem to need a lot of stretching , and a good raucous oboe band would certainly come in handy to help fill out the accompaniment to these shenanigans . |