Example sentences of "then come the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |
| 2 | Then came the terrible accident to the Turkish Airlines DC-10 in the forest of Ermenonville near Paris in which 346 people lost their lives . |
| 3 | Then came the horrifying death of Piers Courage at Zandvoort , when despite many a brave effort , Courage died in his flaming car . |
| 4 | But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling . |
| 5 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 6 | Then came the forward rush to the Barbarians ' line as lock Phil Davies , prop John Davies and flanker Stuart Davies helped push the score to the half-century mark . |
| 7 | Then came the blustering denials of any intention to act dishonestly , which did little to help their cause though many were sincere . |
| 8 | Then came the real crux of the matter , which was the new requirement to qualify for a vote . |
| 9 | Then came the startling developments in Eastern Europe and a British response which has been much admired . |
| 10 | Then came the delicious moment of the aperitivo , that sense of the whole city beginning to wind down towards lunch , which I took at any one of a dozen excellent and welcoming restaurants where I was sure to be hailed and called over to one table or another . |
| 11 | Then came the dramatic arrest of Roderick last August when the Royal Navy frigate Argonaut intercepted his yacht 150 miles south west of Gibraltar . |
| 12 | Then came the post-war years of austerity , the food and fuel shortages . |
| 13 | And then came the unmistakable sound of a shot . |
| 14 | Then came the inevitable change of tack . |
| 15 | Then came the true report about the forced labour camps , the concentration camps , and the cruelties of the Germans in Europe . |
| 16 | Then came the crowning blow for France and for the Catholics in Scotland . |
| 17 | Then comes the slapping sound of the belt-joining clips whipping round the iron pulleys , getting faster and faster as the whole machine gathers speed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Then comes the crowning glory of Frank 's act , as he peels off his raincoat to reveal a smart suit underneath . |
| 20 | Then comes the orogenic phase with its folding and thrusting , its metamorphism and its granite emplacement , passing into a phase of block faulting . |