Example sentences of "[adv] come the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we settled ourselves , the boardroom door opened and in came the stocky figure of a man I had met , in quite different circumstances , a couple of weeks before . |
| 2 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Out of the land of heaven Down comes the warm Sabbath sun . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Finally comes the simple message : ‘ The Church of England this Sunday . ’ |
| 7 | Off came the stylish suit and soon she was again prancing provocatively around the stage in a skimpy pink sequined bra and shorts . |
| 8 | From below he heard shouting and running feet , and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire . |
| 9 | Off came the flying jacket and up for sale went the £200,000 aircraft . |
| 10 | The two humans were still coming the other way . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 14 | Now came the difficult part : telling Patterson I was borrowing his car . |
| 15 | Back came the prolonged roar : ‘ No . ’ |
| 16 | Back came the pompous reply : ‘ We never attribute emotions to Her Majesty . ’ |
| 17 | You signed up for tennis lessons ( out comes the shorty tennis skirt , a volley of wolf-whistles from the labourers outside , and off to the courts where the horrid male instructor drills you as if you 're in the Green Berets ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Now comes the boring part . |
| 19 | And now comes the final indignity — excommunication from Cluedo . |
| 20 | But now comes the idiosyncratic twist . |
| 21 | Now comes the skilful part . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | Now comes the dodgy part . |
| 25 | But it may soon be forgotten , because now comes the bad news : the All Blacks arrive tomorrow . |
| 26 | Now comes the hard part of scrapping those that are worthless , and that may be many or all ! |
| 27 | Now comes the hard part |
| 28 | Now comes the hard graft . |
| 29 | Now comes the difficult part . ’ |
| 30 | Now comes the difficult part . |