Example sentences of "[noun sg] come [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The main force came ashore the next night and followed a strict timetable .
2 This leap into the future comes only a few months after the dest … ruction by fire of — ’
3 If the domestic servants at the Rectory were surprised when their mistress came downstairs the following morning , her husband was astounded .
4 My son-in-law came home a few weeks ago and confessed he 'd been having an affair with a girl in his office .
5 Mr Bangemann 's intervention comes only a few weeks after Mr Major accused the President of the German Bundesbank , Helmut Schlesinger , of sabotaging the pound .
6 The double explosion came just a few hours after a bomb exploded at Woodside Park tube station .
7 The assault came only a few hours after Gorbachev had reassured a Federation Council meeting in Moscow that force would not be used .
8 The attack came only a few hours after the Thai Interior Minister , Gen. Issarapong Noonpakdi , had issued a " last warning " to the Myanman military to withdraw all its troops from the Thai side of the border .
9 I just love sitting and reading and doing NOTHING … a huge man came here the other day and practically THREATENED me if I would n't write my life story … offered me any money I asked for … but thank God I am well off now .
10 Out of that approach came both the new product itself and the technology for its application .
11 Unfortunately , the invitation came only a few days before the weekend fixed for the competition , giving the Ayrshire team no time at all to train .
12 And with the pain came again the old anxiety .
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