Example sentences of "[num] come the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Resistance to his rule increased inside South Vietnam ; and in 1958 came the first ominous trickle of men and weapons from North Vietnam . |
| 4 | ‘ But in 1973 came the first major oil shock . |
| 5 | In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ . |
| 6 | On 5th September 1974 came the first indication that something new and more sinister than the ‘ numbers game ’ was afoot . |
| 7 | At seven came the first allied setback . |
| 8 | 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 . |