Example sentences of "[adv] came the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | From below he heard shouting and running feet , and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 7 | While we were talking , from outside in the courtyard there came the sudden sound of excited shouting . |
| 8 | Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand . |
| 9 | Then came the two saviours of modern Aegina , tourists and that prince of nuts , the phistiki , alias the pistachio . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then came the horrifying death of Piers Courage at Zandvoort , when despite many a brave effort , Courage died in his flaming car . |
| 12 | Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder . |
| 13 | But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling . |
| 14 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 15 | Then came the blustering denials of any intention to act dishonestly , which did little to help their cause though many were sincere . |
| 16 | Then came the real crux of the matter , which was the new requirement to qualify for a vote . |
| 17 | Then came the delicious moment of the aperitivo , that sense of the whole city beginning to wind down towards lunch , which I took at any one of a dozen excellent and welcoming restaurants where I was sure to be hailed and called over to one table or another . |
| 18 | Then came the next tier of management . |
| 19 | Then came the dramatic arrest of Roderick last August when the Royal Navy frigate Argonaut intercepted his yacht 150 miles south west of Gibraltar . |
| 20 | Then came the post-war years of austerity , the food and fuel shortages . |
| 21 | And then came the unmistakable sound of a shot . |
| 22 | Then came the inevitable change of tack . |
| 23 | Athelstan was sure that they all looked his way but again came the shrill bray of the trumpets . |
| 24 | With this story too came the added responsibility of co-directorship , Christopher Barry sharing his task with ex-Theatre Director Richard Martin who was scheduled to shoot three of the seven episodes . |