Example sentences of "[noun pl] come [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the bushes came a low snort and the scraping of branches . |
| 2 | Through hidden speakers came the rhythmic itch of cicadas . |
| 3 | During the following two months came the first reports of Baghdad 's retaliation at the frontier town of Halabjah , in PUK territory , where aircraft were said to have dropped bombs containing poison gas . |
| 4 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 5 | With the environments came a new piece of jargon ; WYSIWYG . |
| 6 | I think that would defeat the object in small places because you can hear these diesel cars coming a hundred miles away , in the later hours you can |
| 7 | Stephen saw the police cars coming a long way off , three of them in a convoy coming up the white road from Hilderbridge . |
| 8 | do n't that put you off when drivers come the other way and you 've got right of way and they always go , and they go past |
| 9 | FROM THE treasury of BBC moving pictures comes a further production of classic action , all set on English fields , all in colour except the first sequence ( the Oval Test of 1968 ) , all pleasant , positive viewing . |
| 10 | And out of the dark woods came the black man , leading his horse on one arm , and on the other a tall grey hound with the saddest face I have ever seen on any creature . |
| 11 | A year ago they would have replied in kind ; now from a hundred throats came the new cry : ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ with if anything even greater fervour . |
| 12 | At the end of the list of ingredients came the contentious E numbers which had annoyed Mrs Green . |
| 13 | Leeds ’ possesion play was excellent , and I do n't think that they will be far away from honours come the new season ’ |
| 14 | From the kitchens came the new master , carrying an armful of cardboard chain-mail . |
| 15 | The young earls who attended the Dunstable tournament were now to take a leading part in Edward 's wars , and with a new generation of earls came a new strategy . |
| 16 | In their places came a unified Ministry under the Secretary of State for Defence , who was given two Ministers of State with functional responsibilities to assist him . |
| 17 | Between context-free and context-sensitive grammars come the indexed grammars . |
| 18 | Their own family experience had spelled out the horrors of bigotry and racial hatred ; to these general and now somewhat distant things came the chilling reality of Adolf Hitler 's seizure of power in Germany . |
| 19 | With these changes came a different attitude to legislation . |
| 20 | It was thought that the position of these encourages motorists to cut the corner when coming over the bridge thus causing a hazard to vehicles and pedestrians coming the other way . |
| 21 | ‘ She said there 'd be eggs come the longer days , ’ said Philip . |
| 22 | Clusters with prams on pavements stopped to talk to groups coming the other way . |
| 23 | From one of the other rooms came the harsh sounds of Guns'N'Roses , the heavy guitar making the walls vibrate . |
| 24 | Furthermore , with the conquerors came an aggressive nationalism ( and racialism ) to justify their right to rule . |
| 25 | Between these extremes comes the chronic depression found to have affected one in three mothers with pre-school age children in a London study of working-class families . |
| 26 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 27 | In the never-never land of unreal prices , widespread subsidies and easy bank loans , using resources efficiently to make profits comes a long way down the list of priorities . |
| 28 | From above the curtains came a muffled roar : ‘ Play your blasted fiddle , Francie Jowle ! |
| 29 | Through walls and windows comes a muffled compound noise of machinery and traffic , the soothing , satisfying sound of men at work |
| 30 | The first of those tests came the following afternoon , when they were riding along that stretch of the route , around Carrick-on-Suir , where the rail was to run near the northern bank of the river for the best part of ten miles . |