Example sentences of "the [noun] come [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision came just eight hours before the deadline imposed by the British Olympic Association ( BOA ) for cities to be considered as the British nomination . |
| 2 | The decision comes just two weeks after House of Fraser stores across Britain — excluding Harrods — gave in to Sunday trading . |
| 3 | The decision comes as British troops protecting aid convoys face growing dangers in the inter-ethnic war . |
| 4 | The vote came just five days after the United Nations-appointed ‘ Truth Commission ’ report blamed the army for the vast majority of war crimes in a conflict that killed 75,000 people , most of them civilians . |
| 5 | The defeat comes just eight days after England lost by the same score to Norway in a vital World Cup qualifying match in Oslo . |
| 6 | The deal comes just three months after Airtours , the UK 's number two holiday company , lost out in a takeover battle for rival Owners Abroad . |
| 7 | The deal comes just three months after Airtours , the UK 's number two holiday company , lost out in a takeover battle for rival Owners Abroad . |
| 8 | The bid comes nearly 13 years after Unigate made its first , unsuccessful , attempt to buy Clifford and follows the latter 's announcement in October of a 60 per cent drop in first-half profits to £1.03 million . |
| 9 | ‘ The sun comes up each morning , the Pope 's a Catholic , and Donna Fratelli 's still sticking her nose into other people 's business . ’ |
| 10 | As the years passed The Beatles came under many influences and one of the most famous was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who founded Transcendental Meditation . |
| 11 | The boy came again last week . ’ |
| 12 | The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell . |
| 13 | Phil : When the paediatrician come in next morning , I mean he only was in there two seconds , he looked her up and said ‘ Typical mongol ’ , either ‘ Typical mongol features ’ or ‘ Typical mongol face ’ , it was one of the two he said , and I could have killed him … |
| 14 | The announcement came as twenty-one people were injured in two car bomb attacks in Belfast . |
| 15 | The explosion came just 24 hours after six people were killed when rebels ambushed a bush taxi in the same area on Saturday . |
| 16 | It 's law to wear a helmet when you 're on the motorway came out last January . |
| 17 | I think more people see the back coming up that way than they do the front window |
| 18 | When the mist comes down many areas like the Somerset Levels take on a sinister and unreal appearance |
| 19 | Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through . |
| 20 | Maybe the week before Is all the stuff coming here this time though |
| 21 | The Father came out this morning to say that the hall could , one of the first things Father told him was that the hall could n't be insured , I mean it even staggered erm Doris , cos she 's not heard of that before , impressed , I do n't know what impressed is , but |
| 22 | Well it was on at that time I was dropping pancakes and crumpets and the manager come up one morning and said that there was running late . |
| 23 | The news came as four-year-old Laura was discharged from a Pittsburgh hospital . |
| 24 | The decision to sell off the yards come nearly four months after Devonport won a contract to refit Trident submarines against competition from Rosyth . |
| 25 | The claim came as 1,000 people attended a funeral service for Mr Wybran . |
| 26 | THE American house is a domestic fortress , protected by garage doors that snap shut like a clamshell when the occupants come home each evening . |
| 27 | The incident came just five days after a pitch invasion by Manchester City fans during their side 's 4–2 FA Cup defeat at home to Tottenham , which was screened live on television . |
| 28 | If we go on to books erm , I think that Longman performance is exceptionally good erm , of course for book business it 's very much first half , second half , most of the profit coming in second half , but er , erm , Longman only dropping seven percent on the year before seems to me a particularly good performance given the environment and in fact it generated more operating cash flow than the year before . |
| 29 | News of the threats came just three days before an historic vote on women 's ordination and as a poll was published showing most church-goers are in favour . |
| 30 | Significantly , the ruling came only two days before tens of thousands of people took part in a march from Moscow 's Gorky Park to Manezh Square outside the Kremlin to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ryzhkov and his government . |