Example sentences of "come the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus . |
| 2 | ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands ! |
| 3 | She had come the other way to the school , and was parked by the road , now , increasingly fretful that the two boys were nowhere to be seen . |
| 4 | Determinedly and irrevocably into the American language has come the modern reference to ‘ the underclass ’ . |
| 5 | How come the vast majority of the population appears to want to play make-believe ? |
| 6 | He gives as an example of this the growth of a ‘ pornocracy ’ and through the break-up of the sex-procreation nexus has come the increasing commodification of pleasure — the developing range of sex-pleasure items on the market . |
| 7 | A famous passage in Virgil 's Fourth Eclogue gives expression to the concept of the ‘ Eternal Return ’ : ‘ Now is come the last age of the song of Cumae ; the great line of the centuries begins anew … |
| 8 | From this has come the immense development of Justice and Peace Commissions , both in Rome and throughout the Catholic world , which have greatly helped bring to fruition a whole new dimension of church life , a social activism concerned with the service of the poor , of economic justice and of genuine peace ( Paul VI later declared that ‘ Development is the new name for Peace ’ ) . |
| 9 | With the words had come the fleeting impression of dark , sinuous creatures who could slither out of the shadows and wind their cold , serpentine fingers about you , so that you were trapped , who could twine about your entire body , so that you were smothered and suffocating from the cold embrace … |
| 10 | ‘ Morning , Alf , ’ came the shouted response from opposite . |
| 11 | Fringing this stunning awareness came the long-forgotten knowledge of status . |
| 12 | With the growth in industry there was also a significant development of trade , particularly in the early Tudor period , and with it came the increasing dominance of London in the English economy . |
| 13 | ‘ There is no need to ask which pupil is responsible for this , ’ came the familiar voice from inside the bucket . |
| 14 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 15 | From the darkness between the semi-detached houses across the street came the familiar figure of Jack Stone . |
| 16 | But when war came the persistent pedal-point of coalitionism sounded all the louder for the sudden silence of the party truce . |
| 17 | First came the clashing sound of stone against stone and the resounding thud of boulders dropped to the ground ; then the recurrent frantic yelping . |
| 18 | Athelstan was sure that they all looked his way but again came the shrill bray of the trumpets . |
| 19 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |
| 20 | ‘ Then , as a thunderbolt , came the terrible catastrophe of 1914 , and progress changed into destruction . ’ |
| 21 | Then came the terrible accident to the Turkish Airlines DC-10 in the forest of Ermenonville near Paris in which 346 people lost their lives . |
| 22 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
| 23 | However , as elsewhere in India , with colonialism came the economic decay of the villages . |
| 24 | But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling . |
| 25 | Then came the forward rush to the Barbarians ' line as lock Phil Davies , prop John Davies and flanker Stuart Davies helped push the score to the half-century mark . |
| 26 | Through the open windows of the room came the rich scent of summer flowers . |
| 27 | After a while there came the distant sound of rushing water . |
| 28 | Throughout the black night came the dull thunder of the bursting banks , the village alarm of ‘ she 've blowed ’ . |
| 29 | With Gutenberg came the fifteenth-century invention of printing and there , so far as educational technology was concerned , innovation stayed until the nineteenth century . |
| 30 | oh yeah , she came the other week with somebody , I reckon he ill treated her |