Example sentences of "[adj] come the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were living in a spectacular era : Mussolini made war on hapless Ethiopia ; after the death of King George V came the brief reign of Edward VIII , his abdication and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson ; then the happier reign of King George VI . |
| 2 | On top of this came the sundry depredations of military and civilian authorities desperate to feed the armed forces and urban population in the face of totally inadequate harvests . |
| 3 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 4 | As you can imagine there were a lot of champagne bottles opened that night , but perhaps the most pleasurable glass of all came the next morning from the bottle in Peter Wycherley 's office at the headquarters of Dunlop Slazenger who are my main sponsors . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's no good coming the big enigma with me my girl . |
| 6 | First came the clashing sound of stone against stone and the resounding thud of boulders dropped to the ground ; then the recurrent frantic yelping . |
| 7 | First comes the inner experience of a spiritual reality described as a door opening to reveal not only the face of the Beloved but a way of love by which he can be reached ( 15.92 ) . |
| 8 | In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ . |
| 9 | From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon in 1838 comes the following list of prices : |
| 10 | In August 1905 came the big fire at Castlethorpe . |
| 11 | Next comes the easy descent of Sea Gully , followed by the face of Raven Wall . |