Example sentences of "and [adv] come the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | And so comes the baleful conclusion : that Vietnam , a war that split America apart on class lines , continues to be a national sore , causing a steady throb of pain . |
| 3 | As we settled ourselves , the boardroom door opened and in came the stocky figure of a man I had met , in quite different circumstances , a couple of weeks before . |
| 4 | And now comes the final indignity — excommunication from Cluedo . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
| 7 | There was the cancellation of the second Test after the Guyanese government decided to deport Robin Jackman because of his South African connections ; and then came the real tragedy , when Ken Barrington had a heart attack and died during the third Test in Barbados . |
| 8 | But we opened on Sunday and did quite well , and then came the late rush , which was extraordinary : tills were ringing frantically . |
| 9 | He described how they heard a plane , and then came the searing flash and tempestuous roar , and then the utter unbroken silence of the grave . |
| 10 | And then came the unmistakable sound of a shot . |
| 11 | And then comes the crucial claim : ‘ We are as tree born as men , have as free election , and as tree spirits ; we are compounded of like parts , and may with like liberty make benefit of our creations ’ ( sig . |
| 12 | And then comes the hard work as , like packing your holiday case , you have to whittle down all that you would like to take — or in our case , grow — to the short list . |