Example sentences of "[adv] come the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From below came the noise of the street door . |
| 2 | From below came the sound of small boys damaging furniture . |
| 3 | He could hear the pipes chugging and banging together and from below came the rattling of pots in the kitchen , and the faint smell of a freshly lit fire . |
| 4 | They listened as from the cellar below came the strains of a deep male voice singing a sentimental ballad . |
| 5 | From somewhere came the sound of a woodman 's axe , like the final moments of Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard . |
| 6 | From within came the crash of reggae music . |
| 7 | From within came the strains of an orchestra . |
| 8 | From outside came the noise of Doyle starting the car . |
| 9 | From somewhere outside came the sounds of some kind of commotion ; raised voices and the clattering of a glass door . |
| 10 | From outside came the sound of impatient whining . |
| 11 | From far away came the call of a wood pigeon . |
| 12 | From far , far away came the sound of children crying . |
| 13 | From the passage downstairs came the sound of the landlady 's singing voice . |
| 14 | From the invisible house above came the sound of the bell . |
| 15 | From somewhere far away comes the drone of a mower , and the smell of the cut grass . |
| 16 | Still to come the future of the Jet project at Culham . |
| 17 | All along the centre of the position the Dutch had collapsed , leaving a great inviting hole into which the French could swarm , yet from the far right flank there still came the sound of reassuring volleys , proof that Saxe-Weimar 's men were defending staunchly . |
| 18 | When he is sufficiently reassured of this , he starts caring for being thought well of by his contemporaries , and later still comes the need to be a leader . |
| 19 | The needs of commerce and government created a native middle class ( from which were later to come the leaders of nationalist movements ) . |
| 20 | A few moments later came the smell of petrol and exhaust . |
| 21 | Later came the introduction of polyethylene terephthalate film — ‘ Melinex ’ — for the packaging , photographic and printing industries and as a drawing office material . |
| 22 | Later came the task of packing the barbecue and hampers on to the trailer which also carried the rafts , and while Silas and Matt stored smaller items away the two raft guides used pails and mops to wash over the floor with hot water . |
| 23 | Almost concurrently came the report of Geoffrey Boycott having his golf clubs lifted from a train and chasing after the thief as though in pursuit of one of his own runs . |
| 24 | Hence comes the importance of teaching reading throughout a child 's school career and beyond . |
| 25 | Now came the part of the operation that would have been impossible without the trained elephants . |
| 26 | Now came the opportunity for long discussions in Tom Poole 's parlour , and no doubt for readings from Osorio and from The Borderers , Wordsworth 's own , equally unsuccessful , verse tragedy . |
| 27 | Now came the opportunity for Sylvia to play a significant role in her own treatment — something which I consider vital if the cure is to be permanent . |
| 28 | From the hedgerow trees near and far come the calls of countless cuckoos , and the lesser sounds of an infinite number of small birds . |
| 29 | Now come the turn of the poem . |
| 30 | Spaniards have been told the time of sacrifice is over ; now come the years of effort — an effort to make Spain fit to enter European monetary and economic union in 1997 . |