Example sentences of "[noun pl] come the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Through hidden speakers came the rhythmic itch of cicadas . |
2 | 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 |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Leeds ’ possesion play was excellent , and I do n't think that they will be far away from honours come the new season ’ |
6 | From the kitchens came the new master , carrying an armful of cardboard chain-mail . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Clusters with prams on pavements stopped to talk to groups coming the other way . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Now that was Now look at the vehicles coming the other way and there 's a car in front of the opposing lorry . |
14 | You can overtake if it 's safe to do so and you can regain your nearside without danger or or inconvenience to other vehicles coming the other way . |
15 | In the first category of penal reform groups come the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders ( NACRO ) , the National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) , the Howard League for Penal Reform , JUSTICE , and the Prison Reform Trust . |
16 | But from this broken and scattered group of men and women came the startling message of the cross and resurrection with a conviction and power that neither the Jewish authorities nor the Roman rulers could stem . |
17 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
18 | After these heavy formalities came the public acclaim . |
19 | Through the swing doors came the same chef , this time carrying dishes of mushrooms , tomatoes and fried eggs . |
20 | From transporting valuables came the next step to transporting passengers to Europe by ocean liner . |
21 | He was so frightened he would n't let the driver go across a green light in case he hit Red and the twins coming the other way . ’ |
22 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |