Example sentences of "[adv] come the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances it seemed to Napoleon III that the Entente needed a boost and so came the first essay in Court diplomacy , the state visit to England in 1855 at the request of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
| 2 | As we settled ourselves , the boardroom door opened and in came the stocky figure of a man I had met , in quite different circumstances , a couple of weeks before . |
| 3 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 4 | Suddenly from below came the unmistakable sound of gunfire , the roar of a shotgun sounding along with a short sharp burst of a machine gun . |
| 5 | From below he heard shouting and running feet , and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire . |
| 6 | Later came the acute attacks of asthma — and the need for Caroline to pummel me ( it 's hilarious only in retrospect ! ) as I fought for breath . |
| 7 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 8 | A number of players were tried out with the championship very much in mind and now comes the real test for the youngsters on Sunday in Newry . |
| 9 | Now comes the National Academy of Sciences , the advice-spewing , honorary pinnacle of American science , with a super-nationalistic design for re-establishing harmony between science and its balky patron : Science , Technology , and the Federal Government : National Goals for a New Era ( 54 pp , free from the NAS Committee on Science , Engineering , and Public Policy , 2101 Constitution Ave , NW , Washington , DC 20418 ) . |
| 10 | Now comes the hard part of scrapping those that are worthless , and that may be many or all ! |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't come the Ancient Mariner with me , Nicholas Breakspear . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't come the little mother with me , ’ he said testily . |
| 13 | The same applies if an Australian says : ‘ Do n't come the raw prawns on me . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Tomorrow comes the real test of strength when he faces the giant England pack . |
| 16 | How come the vast majority of the population appears to want to play make-believe ? |
| 17 | While we were talking , from outside in the courtyard there came the sudden sound of excited shouting . |
| 18 | Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand . |
| 19 | And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk . |
| 20 | Then came the two saviours of modern Aegina , tourists and that prince of nuts , the phistiki , alias the pistachio . |
| 21 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |
| 22 | Then came the terrible accident to the Turkish Airlines DC-10 in the forest of Ermenonville near Paris in which 346 people lost their lives . |
| 23 | Then came the horrifying death of Piers Courage at Zandvoort , when despite many a brave effort , Courage died in his flaming car . |
| 24 | Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder . |
| 25 | But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling . |
| 26 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 27 | Then came the forward rush to the Barbarians ' line as lock Phil Davies , prop John Davies and flanker Stuart Davies helped push the score to the half-century mark . |
| 28 | Then came the blustering denials of any intention to act dishonestly , which did little to help their cause though many were sincere . |
| 29 | Then came the real crux of the matter , which was the new requirement to qualify for a vote . |
| 30 | Then came the startling developments in Eastern Europe and a British response which has been much admired . |