Example sentences of "[adv] come the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To sort of make out s make sure you 've got this and that so you 're ready for the confinement and er But they only came the last minute when when they were the ma mams were expecting their babies . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 4 | From below came the agonised and hideous sounds of someone being torn apart . |
| 5 | Suddenly from below came the unmistakable sound of gunfire , the roar of a shotgun sounding along with a short sharp burst of a machine gun . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Finally comes the simple message : ‘ The Church of England this Sunday . ’ |
| 8 | From the monastery above comes the deep bass peace of the great musical horns . |
| 9 | Just as quickly came the deep bitter distrust of all white people . |
| 10 | And , because Elise hardly ever came the heavy older sister , Leonora , with infinite regret , told Guy she could n't go . |
| 11 | The two humans were still coming the other way . |
| 12 | A few minutes later came the first gun-fire . |
| 13 | Reply : Several days later came the following Short reply : ‘ Thank you for your letter requesting an interview . |
| 14 | Later came the acute attacks of asthma — and the need for Caroline to pummel me ( it 's hilarious only in retrospect ! ) as I fought for breath . |
| 15 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 16 | For instance , some of the poem 's ideas came from Milton 's Paradise Lost , some came from Bruce 's account of the source and fountains of the Blue Nile in Abyssinia , whence also came the Abyssinian maid playing on her dulcimer . |
| 17 | two minutes behind came the first horse … for only the second time the wheels had won … |
| 18 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 19 | Now came the difficult part : telling Patterson I was borrowing his car . |
| 20 | ‘ Now comes the boring part . |
| 21 | And now comes the final indignity — excommunication from Cluedo . |
| 22 | Recently The Soul 's Ransom and The Lotos Eaters were released ( 1/92 ) and now comes the large-scale , nearly hour-long cantata Invocation to Music , a ten- movement setting of a poem by Parry 's friend Robert Bridges and composed ‘ in honour of Henry Purcell ’ for the bicentenary , in 1895 , of his death . |
| 23 | But now comes the idiosyncratic twist . |
| 24 | Now comes the second step , the act of measurement itself , the ascertaining where the electron is or how it is moving . |
| 25 | Now comes the skilful part . |
| 26 | Now comes the first LP — picked up by Guernica in the face of widespread interest — which confirms the potential ‘ Palomine ’ , with nine original tracks , and one Sebadoh cover , is a warm , uplifting and engrossing record . |
| 27 | Now comes the first of two highly dramatic transformations . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Now comes the National Academy of Sciences , the advice-spewing , honorary pinnacle of American science , with a super-nationalistic design for re-establishing harmony between science and its balky patron : Science , Technology , and the Federal Government : National Goals for a New Era ( 54 pp , free from the NAS Committee on Science , Engineering , and Public Policy , 2101 Constitution Ave , NW , Washington , DC 20418 ) . |
| 30 | Now comes the dodgy part . |