Example sentences of "had come the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And then had come the awful perception that Helen too was vulnerable ; he had seen her exposed , humiliated , disappointed .
2 Then had come the only question Bess Halidon was ever to ask about the incident .
3 This noticeboard had already played a significant part in my life : nearly thirty years before then it had displayed the result of my own first degree ( second-class honours ) ; a few years later had come the perfunctory notice saying my doctoral thesis had been accepted by the college ; and shortly after that an even briefer note to the effect that I had joined the teaching staff .
4 Hoomey had not seen Nails there since , but had an instinct that he had come the following night too .
5 A man at the back of the crowd said , ‘ I was sitting in the dome car lounge when Xanthe came through , and I can tell you that no one had come the other way .
6 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 .
7 From Titron had come the first man who could withstand radiation , be it from a bomb , or in deep space .
8 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 …
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