Example sentences of "[prep] [num] come [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At some time after 1880 came a turning point in world history .
2 In the summer of 1780 came the long-awaited summons .
3 From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon in 1838 comes the following list of prices :
4 UK governments since 1976 adopted explicit monetary targets , and with the Conservative election victory in 1979 came a strong commitment to controlling the money supply .
5 In 1904 came the first car , and in 1920 Rover hit the headlines when its Light Six saloon raced the Blue Train Continental Express 750 miles across France — and reached Calais 20 minutes ahead of the train .
6 In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ .
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