Example sentences of "[num] come the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were living in a spectacular era : Mussolini made war on hapless Ethiopia ; after the death of King George V came the brief reign of Edward VIII , his abdication and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson ; then the happier reign of King George VI . |
| 2 | In the summer of 1780 came the long-awaited summons . |
| 3 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 4 | In 1904 came the first car , and in 1920 Rover hit the headlines when its Light Six saloon raced the Blue Train Continental Express 750 miles across France — and reached Calais 20 minutes ahead of the train . |
| 5 | He will by only 31 come the next World Cup . |
| 6 | Below the 102/2 comes the 101/2 ( £495 , reviewed by John Borwick last September ) and above the 104/2 lie the 105/3 ( £1,995 ) and 107/2 ( £3,195 ) which I reviewed in its original form in August 1988 . |
| 7 | Resistance to his rule increased inside South Vietnam ; and in 1958 came the first ominous trickle of men and weapons from North Vietnam . |
| 8 | ‘ But in 1973 came the first major oil shock . |
| 9 | In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ . |
| 10 | On 5th September 1974 came the first indication that something new and more sinister than the ‘ numbers game ’ was afoot . |
| 11 | Between 1210 and 1215 John of Wales made a new compilation out of Gilbert and Alan 's work ( which came , therefore , to be called the Compilatio Secunda , though in fact it followed the Compilatio Tertia ) and in 1216 came the last private collection of the reign , the Compilatio Quarta of John the Teuton . |
| 12 | From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon in 1838 comes the following list of prices : |
| 13 | In August 1905 came the big fire at Castlethorpe . |
| 14 | At seven came the first allied setback . |
| 15 | In 1653 came the first of three books of Ayres and Dialogues by Henry Lawes ; the others followed in 1655 and 1658 , and beside them Playford 's Breefe Introduction to the Skill of Musick for Song and Viol ( 1654 ) and instrumental music . |