Example sentences of "[pron] come the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind them came the fat boy in glasses from Cranborne School . |
| 2 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
| 3 | Within this context , this is the description of the customs , beliefs and traditions of human societies , from which come the specific meanings of words ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands ! |
| 5 | oh yeah , she came the other week with somebody , I reckon he ill treated her |
| 6 | ‘ And do n't you come the old biddy with me ! |
| 7 | After a while there came the distant sound of rushing water . |
| 8 | There came the faint scuffle of moving feet , and a dark shape moved out from the rear of the car . |
| 9 | There came the unmistakable sound of legs shooting into denim , then the zip going up . |
| 10 | But before his ‘ Flying Circus ’ could be properly established at Verdun , there came the shattering news on June 18th of the death of Immelmann . |
| 11 | From behind her came the sleepy groan of a child . |
| 12 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 13 | With the growth in industry there was also a significant development of trade , particularly in the early Tudor period , and with it came the increasing dominance of London in the English economy . |
| 14 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 15 | Thunder and lightning cracked and roared outside like some electric avalanche — and following immediately upon it came the enraged roaring of Something from Hell . |
| 16 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 17 | Into it comes the shamanic figure of ‘ An Unidentified Guest ’ who is in control of potent and primitive forces , which the other characters do not seem to understand . |