Example sentences of "[adv prt] come the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | Out of the land of heaven Down comes the warm Sabbath sun . |
| 3 | Off came the stylish suit and soon she was again prancing provocatively around the stage in a skimpy pink sequined bra and shorts . |
| 4 | From below he heard shouting and running feet , and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire . |
| 5 | Off came the flying jacket and up for sale went the £200,000 aircraft . |
| 6 | Back came the prolonged roar : ‘ No . ’ |
| 7 | Back came the pompous reply : ‘ We never attribute emotions to Her Majesty . ’ |
| 8 | You signed up for tennis lessons ( out comes the shorty tennis skirt , a volley of wolf-whistles from the labourers outside , and off to the courts where the horrid male instructor drills you as if you 're in the Green Berets ) . |