Example sentences of "[noun sg] come the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the snow came the rain . |
| 2 | Before the archway came the garden gate — a modest green door . |
| 3 | At the apex of the pyramid came the princes ' homage to the king — at least where they took it ( excluding therefore the counts of the far south and of Brittany , and the duke of Normandy after the breach of 1051 ) . |
| 4 | then down the wind came the boom of the great stanchion-gun ; and after that sound another sound , louder as it neared ; a cry as of all the bells of Cambridge , and all the hounds of Cottesmore ; and overhead rushed and whirled the skein of terrified wild-fowl , screaming , piping , clacking , croaking , filling the air with the hoarse rattle of their wings , while clear above all sounded the wild whistle of the curlew , and the trumpet note of the great wild swan . |
| 5 | Then yesterday morning the wind dodged into the southwest and thaw slithered across the land , and , suddenly , improbably , out of the thawing wind came the snow . |
| 6 | And there were fires , too , on the skyline above them , while on the wind came the mournful blast of a trumpet . |
| 7 | ‘ But out of the research came the notion of using sugar as a raw material for all kinds of products — for making alcohol , plastics , pesticides and detergents . ’ |
| 8 | On the basis of that modular thinking came the somewhat revolutionary idea ( for 1963 ) of the single , ergonomically efficient control console . |
| 9 | Through the mists of her muddled thinking came the name which had wounded her and could now save her . |
| 10 | From this re-arrangement came the expression ‘ robbing Peter to pay Paul ’ . |
| 11 | Out of this absurd impasse came the idea of my writing down my version of Tom Watt 's story . |
| 12 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 13 | From some dim recess of her mind came the words of a Breton fisherman 's prayer , which she had read in some book . |
| 14 | With morning light came the ‘ all clear , ’ and I went home . |
| 15 | With the light came the music . |
| 16 | After the march came the violence as groups of students and other protesters confronted police ; tear gas was used against them . |
| 17 | ‘ Hard on the heels of the policy review came the hunting hounds of the SLD and Green Party scraping up votes in bucket loads ’ . |
| 18 | He sped away with them still on amber , narrowly avoiding a car coming the other way . |
| 19 | I used to be a hunt supporter , I used to be a hunt follower I gave up because I object to an attitude of a society of people that life is disposable having seen wounded fox hounds and that is the proper term having seen wounded fox hounds despatched with a revolver because they 've got a broken leg having charged full pelt across a public road and hit a motor car coming the other way and fortunately not injured the occupants of the motor car having seen the damage that a pack of hounds in full cry can do to land that they are not entitled to be upon because fox hounds ca n't read . |
| 20 | We 're going down this road and John was in front of me and just as John went past this wagon it pulled out and there was a car coming the other way . |
| 21 | just gon na have to you know be stopped there anyway this young lad after the first fast bend he went to overtake and I could see a car coming the other way and he was like er running along side this pick-up but it was like he could n't drop back and he could n't make it either |
| 22 | At its top the uterus is two inches across , and from each side come the fallopian tubes , themselves about 4½ inches in length , which serve as the channel down which the ovum travels from the ovaries , which are situated at the far end of the fallopian tubes . |
| 23 | From beyond the palletwood fence comes the sound of Lucky dragging his chain over the concrete . |
| 24 | FROM THE home of the original Bambaataa the chieftain who led the last great Zulu revolt against white rule comes the African Hip Hop Movement . |
| 25 | After the Action comes the Commentary , again addressed exclusively to us : Shakespeare indeed emphasizes the excellence of the performance , as if from a purely aesthetic point of view , with Richard simultaneously producer , actor , and audience celebrating his skill : ‘ T is well done , indeed ! — Yet , as the continuation makes clear , success for the hypocrite implies contempt for the dupe : Richard 's combination of gloating self-admiration and criticism of his victim makes Lady Anne doubly unfortunate , both gulled and guilty of disloyalty to her dead husband . |
| 26 | When spring comes the earth begins to warm up after winter 's long , cold days . |
| 27 | From this practice comes the phrase ‘ paying on the nail ’ . |
| 28 | Next to suffer in the public perception comes the Government ( 76 per cent ) , followed by the law ( 65 per cent ) the church and journalists ( 59 per cent ) , and the police ( 57 per cent ) . |
| 29 | But next instant came the patter of lighter feet and a fist banged on her door . |
| 30 | From this debate about assessment came the idea of videoing lessons . |