Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] come [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether that will still be the case come the annual summer meeting on June 25 if England lose badly against Brazil and then against Germany in Detroit in a week 's time must be debatable . |
| 2 | From the kitchen came a high whistle . |
| 3 | Before she had time to assimilate anything , from the top of the gangway came a terrible growl — deep , huge , more frightening in its ferocity than any wild animal she 'd ever heard . |
| 4 | And there were fires , too , on the skyline above them , while on the wind came the mournful blast of a trumpet . |
| 5 | From outside the window came the shrill piping sound of the juniors playing netball . |
| 6 | From the hut came the nauseating stench of human excrement . |
| 7 | Nearer , a plump , important-looking individual was tallying the stores being unloaded from a recently arrived wagon , and from the armoury came a steady clanging as the blacksmith hammered the dents out of the shield of a knight , who stood by watching . |
| 8 | From the insides of the wood comes a piercing screech . |
| 9 | From the hall came a welcome interruption . |
| 10 | Down the aisle came a blond choirboy , in sheet and halo , his pure voice just cracking , accompanied by a very limited multitude of the heavenly host . |
| 11 | Cos he wou his reaction time , understandably , cos he was n't expecting it , ce happened like that and hi his reaction time was too slow to compensate for the stupidity of the bloke coming the other way . |
| 12 | Through the open windows of the room came the rich scent of summer flowers . |
| 13 | With the cash came a new direction for much of that press , Rolling Stone or-as quickly was to happen in London — no Rolling Stone . |
| 14 | In the distance comes the familiar note of a Deltic engine but there 's nothing scheduled . |
| 15 | From the seminar came the following suggestions : |
| 16 | Along with the name came the Servite Fathers who had officiated at the old church . |
| 17 | Across the dale came the coughing bark of a dog-fox on the prowl and Elizabeth felt a shaft of worry for her poultry . |
| 18 | From out of the mist came an old man with a huge dog by his side . |
| 19 | They drive on the wrong side of the road for some considerable distance which actually amazes me , I 'm sitting there lawfully in the queue and someone comes whizzing by on the right er without any sight of the traffic coming the other way , er interestingly we did have the police er have had the police up there monitoring the situation . |
| 20 | And with the kiss came a sudden rush of memories ; not of the arguments , the long silences , the hurtful remarks , but of the good times they had had together . |
| 21 | And with the thought came a tiny prick of fear . |
| 22 | From the church came a dual impulse strengthening this morality : the prevailing teaching on sexual abstention outside of marriage under pain of mortal sin , and the rigorous life of a clergy pledged to chastity and preaching the need for an unmarried laity to practise the same degree and kind of circumspection in sexual matters which the clergy had been taught to impose upon themselves . |
| 23 | With the abolition of the monarchy came a brief period of rule by a Council of State elected by what was termed the Rump Parliament . |
| 24 | From the door came a familiar cry : |
| 25 | from somewhere across the city came the lonely scream of a police car . |
| 26 | Imagine then you 're out , you 're in Wolverhampton , and you 're about to cross the street , and round the corner comes a big lorry . |
| 27 | ‘ From the mountains of the east come the Orcish hordes : green-skinned savages with the hearts of beasts and the fury of madmen . |
| 28 | Sweden 's National team is here as well as the champions of six other European countries , and from halfway across the world comes a young Maori whom some critics think is good enough to take the trophy back to New Zealand . |
| 29 | After the exhilaration of the Anniversary came the grim reality of impending war : discussions took place with the Borough Surveyor and a Major Foster on Air Raid Precautions . |
| 30 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |