Example sentences of "and then came the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk . |
| 2 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But we opened on Sunday and did quite well , and then came the late rush , which was extraordinary : tills were ringing frantically . |
| 5 | And then came the second Fleet Street sensation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And then came the unmistakable sound of a shot . |
| 8 | Zina Garrison , the beaten Wimbledon finalist last summer , lost in the first round , but not much of consequence occurred until Sanchez-Vicario toppled Mary Joe Fernandez in the quarter finals — and then came the heavy matches . |