Example sentences of "and [adv] came the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In these circumstances it seemed to Napoleon III that the Entente needed a boost and so came the first essay in Court diplomacy , the state visit to England in 1855 at the request of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
| 5 | And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk . |
| 6 | There was the cancellation of the second Test after the Guyanese government decided to deport Robin Jackman because of his South African connections ; and then came the real tragedy , when Ken Barrington had a heart attack and died during the third Test in Barbados . |
| 7 | But we opened on Sunday and did quite well , and then came the late rush , which was extraordinary : tills were ringing frantically . |
| 8 | And then came the Sixties , stamping a new and distinctive bootprint on the fashion scene . |
| 9 | And then came the second Fleet Street sensation . |
| 10 | He described how they heard a plane , and then came the searing flash and tempestuous roar , and then the utter unbroken silence of the grave . |
| 11 | And then came the unmistakable sound of a shot . |
| 12 | Zina Garrison , the beaten Wimbledon finalist last summer , lost in the first round , but not much of consequence occurred until Sanchez-Vicario toppled Mary Joe Fernandez in the quarter finals — and then came the heavy matches . |