Example sentences of "came the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Morning , Alf , ’ came the shouted response from opposite . |
2 | Fringing this stunning awareness came the long-forgotten knowledge of status . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ There is no need to ask which pupil is responsible for this , ’ came the familiar voice from inside the bucket . |
5 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
6 | From the darkness between the semi-detached houses across the street came the familiar figure of Jack Stone . |
7 | But when war came the persistent pedal-point of coalitionism sounded all the louder for the sudden silence of the party truce . |
8 | Then came the blustering denials of any intention to act dishonestly , which did little to help their cause though many were sincere . |
9 | First came the clashing sound of stone against stone and the resounding thud of boulders dropped to the ground ; then the recurrent frantic yelping . |
10 | Athelstan was sure that they all looked his way but again came the shrill bray of the trumpets . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ Then , as a thunderbolt , came the terrible catastrophe of 1914 , and progress changed into destruction . ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Now came the key play of the king of spades . |
15 | However , as elsewhere in India , with colonialism came the economic decay of the villages . |
16 | But then came the only error of the afternoon from the impressive Awford , when his mistimed challenge sent Nicol sprawling . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Through the open windows of the room came the rich scent of summer flowers . |
19 | Later came the acute attacks of asthma — and the need for Caroline to pummel me ( it 's hilarious only in retrospect ! ) as I fought for breath . |
20 | After a while there came the distant sound of rushing water . |
21 | On top of this came the sundry depredations of military and civilian authorities desperate to feed the armed forces and urban population in the face of totally inadequate harvests . |
22 | Throughout the black night came the dull thunder of the bursting banks , the village alarm of ‘ she 've blowed ’ . |
23 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
24 | With Gutenberg came the fifteenth-century invention of printing and there , so far as educational technology was concerned , innovation stayed until the nineteenth century . |
25 | oh yeah , she came the other week with somebody , I reckon he ill treated her |
26 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | And there were fires , too , on the skyline above them , while on the wind came the mournful blast of a trumpet . |
29 | Across the dale came the coughing bark of a dog-fox on the prowl and Elizabeth felt a shaft of worry for her poultry . |
30 | First , came the popping ejaculation of the bolt . |