Example sentences of "[adv] came the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Off came the stylish suit and soon she was again prancing provocatively around the stage in a skimpy pink sequined bra and shorts .
2 Off came the flying jacket and up for sale went the £200,000 aircraft .
3 Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow .
4 Then came the uncomfortable news that the All Blacks ' opposition in Treviso would involve some South African players .
5 Then came the terrifying crash as the coral tore the ship 's bottom out .
6 He described how they heard a plane , and then came the searing flash and tempestuous roar , and then the utter unbroken silence of the grave .
7 But then came the bad weather and the frost — they did n't allow for you being knee-deep in snow — they expected you to be where you should be .
8 Then came the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars , and it was not until the famous wine classification of 1855 that the wines of Bordeaux were established as the some of the greatest of all wines in the world many believe the greatest .
9 I certainly came the other day and had an X-ray of my chest . ’
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