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 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 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 .
5 Now came the key play of the king of spades .
6 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 .
7 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 ) .
8 Now comes the hard part of scrapping those that are worthless , and that may be many or all !
9 Tomorrow comes the real test of strength when he faces the giant England pack .
10 While we were talking , from outside in the courtyard there came the sudden sound of excited shouting .
11 Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand .
12 And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk .
13 Then came the two saviours of modern Aegina , tourists and that prince of nuts , the phistiki , alias the pistachio .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Then came the horrifying death of Piers Courage at Zandvoort , when despite many a brave effort , Courage died in his flaming car .
17 Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder .
18 But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling .
19 Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice .
20 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 .
21 Then came the blustering denials of any intention to act dishonestly , which did little to help their cause though many were sincere .
22 Then came the real crux of the matter , which was the new requirement to qualify for a vote .
23 Then came the startling developments in Eastern Europe and a British response which has been much admired .
24 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 .
25 Then came the next tier of management .
26 Then came the dramatic arrest of Roderick last August when the Royal Navy frigate Argonaut intercepted his yacht 150 miles south west of Gibraltar .
27 Then came the post-war years of austerity , the food and fuel shortages .
28 And then came the unmistakable sound of a shot .
29 Then came the inevitable change of tack .
30 Then came the true report about the forced labour camps , the concentration camps , and the cruelties of the Germans in Europe .
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