Example sentences of "came the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then came the reaper . |
| 2 | And from that centre of chivalry , the Burgundian court , came the nobleman Jacques de Lalain in 1448 , to challenge James , brother of William earl of Douglas , ‘ neither for hatred nor envy nor any evil wish whatsoever , but to do the greatest honour in his power to one who came of such high descent , and was besides of such great renown and courage , that he desired his acquaintance more than that of any lord in the said kingdom of Scotland ’ . |
| 3 | Then came the knock on the door . |
| 4 | But then came the orderlies , who dealt with me by means of electricity and air . |
| 5 | Rackam 's swashbuckling manner was matched and supported by his theatrical dress : his shirt , jacket , and trousers were of striped calico , whence came the name ‘ Calico Jack ’ . |
| 6 | Through the mists of her muddled thinking came the name which had wounded her and could now save her . |
| 7 | From this face came the question about the Ayckbourn play . |
| 8 | And then came the question which against reason he had to ask : |
| 9 | What a mystery it is , the way we carry on , thought Liz , as she moved on to more congenial entertainment : remembering , suddenly , the oft-repeated claim of an Austrian refugee analyst of her acquaintance , who frequently and unashamedly rejoiced in having had in his house at one time no less than five Nobel Prize winners , a claim which she had always found endearing , ridiculous , foolish , alarming , comic , in its nai¨veté , its precision , its ruthlessness : remembering the alarms and excitement of her own early encounters with the famous , the great , the titled , the rich : remembering the ancient yearning to crowd her life with people , with voices , with telephone calls , invitations , children , friends of children : remembering , in short the dread of solitude , the dread of reliving her mother 's unending , inexplicable , still-enduring loneliness : and across these memories , flitting in a half second , as she made her way , for light relief , towards Kate Armstrong , fortifying Kate , came the question — why did Henrietta Latchett , who must have been invited to a hundred parties tonight , who could never have known a lonely evening , why did she choose to come to us ? |
| 10 | Then came the question of whether he would serve in a subordinate post . |
| 11 | To put this in another way , before democracy came in the Western world there came the society and the politics of choice , the society and politics of competition , the society and politics of the market . |
| 12 | Salvation is through the Jews , she often quoted Father Franklin who baptized her , for through the Jews came the Law , through the Jews came Christ , the Son of God was born a Jew , and the Holy Mother of God was a Jew and married a Jew . |
| 13 | When morning came the King , Guy of Lusignan , could see what he must have known already . |
| 14 | And last of all , came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS . |
| 15 | On January 15th came the King 's speech , announcing a full legislative programme . |
| 16 | ‘ Roll it up and put it away , Snake , ’ came the response . |
| 17 | ‘ And this , ’ came the response , ‘ is Alexander Vass . |
| 18 | Yeah mummy , mummy the window cleaner went to rescue some people along came the fireman |
| 19 | Then came the advent of the digital computer and this brought about the concept of setting type by using light — phototypesetting . |
| 20 | And then it did n't start up till then till the second one came the Joseph Jo er The second one was John it was christened . |
| 21 | Then came the longing for her mother 's warmth and comfort . |
| 22 | Then came the pull on the string and you had to think about something else besides the water and the sky and the sun . |
| 23 | To add to his triumphs came the peace conference which began in Paris in February 1856 and which ended not merely with the signing of a peace treaty but also coincidentally with the birth of a son on 16 March 1856 . |
| 24 | And then came the calling of my name . |
| 25 | Now came the second , and more seriously illogical decision . |
| 26 | Er we were married three years , no children and I began to get desperate again and an anyway along came the first then came the second . |
| 27 | The girl bent to stroke one of the cats , murmuring to it , and from somewhere behind the hall came the cooing of doves . |
| 28 | Then came the families themselves . |
| 29 | Just on the hour came the order to halt . |
| 30 | Then came the order from one of the station staff for us to do so , and there was really pushing and place seeking . |