Example sentences of "come the [adj] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus .
2 ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands !
3 oh yeah , she came the other week with somebody , I reckon he ill treated her
4 Out of this time came the first stories of his boldness — answering back to a teacher , taking out girls , and of course the all-dazzling displays at rugby and cricket .
5 ‘ Beautiful raven-haired women who do n't circulate at cocktail parties hold a strong fascination for me , ’ came the smooth voice behind her .
6 Thunder and lightning cracked and roared outside like some electric avalanche — and following immediately upon it came the enraged roaring of Something from Hell .
7 ‘ It 's no good coming the big enigma with me my girl .
8 ‘ Do n't come the Ancient Mariner with me , Nicholas Breakspear . ’
9 The same applies if an Australian says : ‘ Do n't come the raw prawns on me .
10 ‘ And do n't you come the old biddy with me !
11 ‘ Do n't come the old acid with me , ’ said his better half , ‘ you ai n't seen any bloke about a job since Noah built the Ark , and if anyone offered you one you 'd fall down dead .
12 ‘ Do n't come the little mother with me , ’ he said testily .
13 Come on Shel , come the other side of me so I can get you both
14 ‘ It 's nonsense to say I wo n't ride again , ’ comes the defiant bulletin from his hospital bed .
15 At foundation level is the Romanesque palace built by Duke Soběslav ( 1125–40 ) ; then comes the Gothic building with its Přemysl arcades of the 13C ; next follows the palace of Charles IV , and finally the magnificent rooms created between 1477 and 1511 under Vladislav Jagiello .
16 Then comes the orogenic phase with its folding and thrusting , its metamorphism and its granite emplacement , passing into a phase of block faulting .
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