Example sentences of "[adv] came the [adj] [noun] " 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 | Off came the stylish suit and soon she was again prancing provocatively around the stage in a skimpy pink sequined bra and shorts . |
| 5 | From below he heard shouting and running feet , and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire . |
| 6 | Off came the flying jacket and up for sale went the £200,000 aircraft . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 12 | Now came the difficult part : telling Patterson I was borrowing his car . |
| 13 | Back came the prolonged roar : ‘ No . ’ |
| 14 | Back came the pompous reply : ‘ We never attribute emotions to Her Majesty . ’ |
| 15 | Three weeks ago came the ominous phone call . |
| 16 | Claire recovered but when Allitt was again left alone with her almost immediately came the inevitable words ‘ She 's gone ’ , he told the jury . |
| 17 | While we were talking , from outside in the courtyard there came the sudden sound of excited shouting . |
| 18 | Then came the Russian revolution ; late in 1917 , the new Soviet leaders renounced what they considered the czar 's unequal treaties and subsequently the Cossack officers were withdrawn from Iran . |
| 19 | Then came the stabbing incident which forced Monica to cancel so much of her programme for this year but we are now optimistic that she will have fully recovered before our tournament . ’ |
| 20 | Then came the perennial problem — do I put the neckband on next , or the front bands . |
| 21 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |
| 22 | Then came the terrible accident to the Turkish Airlines DC-10 in the forest of Ermenonville near Paris in which 346 people lost their lives . |
| 23 | Then came the horrifying death of Piers Courage at Zandvoort , when despite many a brave effort , Courage died in his flaming car . |
| 24 | The travellers ' spirit wilted as loser followed loser , then came the final degradation . |
| 25 | Then came the International Section : an Indian family on the back of a lorry with a stove , the mother cooking real curry that you could smell in the air ; an Irish group , parents with bagpipes and children dressed as leprechauns ; a steel band from Trinidad . |
| 26 | But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling . |
| 27 | But then came the awful night when the Station Master was waiting for Peter in the station yard . |
| 28 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 29 | Then came the ill-fated £1.5 billion merger with British Home Stores in 1986 . |
| 30 | Then came the forward rush to the Barbarians ' line as lock Phil Davies , prop John Davies and flanker Stuart Davies helped push the score to the half-century mark . |