Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] come the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The events of the week-end seemed to recede , to become locked away , as if I had dreamt them ; and yet as I walked there came the strangest feeling , compounded of the early hour , the absolute solitude , and what had happened , of having entered a myth ; a knowledge of what it was like physically , moment by moment , to have been young and ancient , a Ulysses on his way to meet Circe , a Theseus on his journey to Crete , an Oedipus still searching for his destiny . |
| 2 | Once I realised no-one was hurt then came the dreaded moment . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't come the Ancient Mariner with me , Nicholas Breakspear . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't come the little mother with me , ’ he said testily . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't come the old acid with me , ’ said his better half , ‘ you ai n't seen any bloke about a job since Noah built the Ark , and if anyone offered you one you 'd fall down dead . |
| 6 | The same applies if an Australian says : ‘ Do n't come the raw prawns on me . |