Example sentences of "[adv] came [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | In came the clothes shop owning , rugby playing manager Joe Moss , and in came a traumatic realisation that bedsit jabbering and glorious friendships were not enough . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 6 | First there was a small elephant and it had the natural financial goal painted on its side , then along came a bigger elephant with a bigger number , and then a huge elephant with a huge number , and he said , ‘ Go for it ! |
| 7 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 8 | Then along came an entrepreneurial Yorkshireman called Thomas Stamford Raffles . |
| 9 | From somewhere below came a great rending and echoing squeal of torn metal . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Off came the stylish suit and soon she was again prancing provocatively around the stage in a skimpy pink sequined bra and shorts . |
| 12 | From below he heard shouting and running feet , and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire . |
| 13 | Off came the flying jacket and up for sale went the £200,000 aircraft . |
| 14 | Two years later came a much-publicised split with his wife of 21 years , Tina . |
| 15 | A few minutes later came the first gun-fire . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | From the cinema itself there also came a piercing cry . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They went on holiday to a farmhouse at Ponsworthy in Devon and thither came a vast parcel , from the Clerical and General Tailors ( Breeches Makers etc. ) , of Sackville Street , Piccadilly , bill £376 ; chimeres , wristbands , rochets , frills , breeches , gaiters , purple dress coat , black barathea breeches , patent court shoes , silver-plated shoe buckles , and other less rare articles of apparel . |
| 21 | two minutes behind came the first horse … for only the second time the wheels had won … |
| 22 | I pulled the knob and out came a circular weight covered in purple velvet . |
| 23 | Out came a beautiful girl , fair as a pearl . |
| 24 | Dress in ‘ bad taste ’ was the order of the day at Key Street and out came the psychedelic shirts , hideous trousers , flower power shorts , multi-coloured spotted nightshirts , loud ties and luminous tights , complete with resplendent ankle socks . |
| 25 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 26 | Now came the difficult part : telling Patterson I was borrowing his car . |
| 27 | Back came a signed copy of her latest book ‘ The Best of Edna Jacques ’ and a letter typed on the same old machine on which she pounded out her poems . |
| 28 | Back came the prolonged roar : ‘ No . ’ |
| 29 | Back came the pompous reply : ‘ We never attribute emotions to Her Majesty . ’ |
| 30 | All the time the tide was coming and now was smashing against the wave breakers , but here came a big wave . |