Example sentences of "then they come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He worked at Underwood Pit when they were came to this district and then they came into the Newthorpe Common district and er and then er we moved from Newthorpe Common and he went to Williamthorpe for a short while , only from erm probably eighteen months to two years , that 's as much as did there .
2 Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing .
3 ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ .
4 And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother .
5 Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing .
6 ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ .
7 And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist .
8 But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ?
9 Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing .
10 Well so I went and then they came on the Friday night it must have been the twenty twenty fifth of July ninete nineteen thirty .
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