Example sentences of "the [noun sg] come the [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 | And there were fires , too , on the skyline above them , while on the wind came the mournful blast of a trumpet . |
| 3 | From outside the window came the shrill piping sound of the juniors playing netball . |
| 4 | From the hut came the nauseating stench of human excrement . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Through the open windows of the room came the rich scent of summer flowers . |
| 7 | The night air was still warm , and on the breeze came the faintest scent of flowers . |
| 8 | In the distance comes the familiar note of a Deltic engine but there 's nothing scheduled . |
| 9 | From the seminar came the following suggestions : |
| 10 | Along with the name came the Servite Fathers who had officiated at the old church . |
| 11 | Across the dale came the coughing bark of a dog-fox on the prowl and Elizabeth felt a shaft of worry for her poultry . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | from somewhere across the city came the lonely scream of a police car . |
| 14 | ‘ From the mountains of the east come the Orcish hordes : green-skinned savages with the hearts of beasts and the fury of madmen . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And up on the screen came the familiar images : young women water-skiing past the Saint-Georges , farmers in the Bekaa , the great cedar trees of Bsharre . |
| 17 | From the darkness between the semi-detached houses across the street came the familiar figure of Jack Stone . |