Example sentences of "then come the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then came the day of the anti-hero . |
| 2 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 3 | Then came the day in the year 1482 when Elizabeth Mowbray received a letter from the king requiring her presence with her daughter at court . |
| 4 | Then came the Princess of Wales on his right . |
| 5 | Then came the changes including the innovative reorganisation of production into small teams on the shop floor . |
| 6 | Then came the order from one of the station staff for us to do so , and there was really pushing and place seeking . |
| 7 | Then came the court of the women , which men could also enter , but which was as close to the sanctuary as women could come . |
| 8 | The guests having been selected , there then came the problem of allocating rooms , since those who were jealous of their rank or susceptible to imaginary slights set great store by the nature of their accommodation within the Palace . |
| 9 | Then came the problems of recessions , another war and the changing ideas of politicians no longer committed to nationwide public transport . |
| 10 | Then came the consignment of houseplants for the offices , tradescantia and sanseveria and ficus elasica that were doomed from the start to dehydration and ultimately to have their pots serve as repositories for cigarette ash . |
| 11 | And then came the explosion of passions . |
| 12 | Then came the call from Sergio Leone . |
| 13 | Then came the longing for her mother 's warmth and comfort . |
| 14 | Then came the thunder of the fuel tanks exploding . |
| 15 | Then came the rarity of a second successive win , 3–2 at home to Torquay . |
| 16 | Then came the change of government in 1955 Peron fell from power and a provisional military government took office . |
| 17 | Then came the idea of encouraging participation in external part-time roles , as preparation . |
| 18 | And then came the calling of my name . |
| 19 | Having been called and commissioned , then came the course of action , or the programme that followed the call . |
| 20 | Then came the jungles of Borneo . |
| 21 | Then came the scandal of Fergie being photographed frolicking topless with her ‘ financial adviser ’ John Byran in the south of France . |
| 22 | Then came the lull before the storm . |
| 23 | Then came the crash of 1929 and shares — and hemlines — tumbled . |
| 24 | And then came the building of the mass housing estates . |
| 25 | Then came the question of whether he would serve in a subordinate post . |
| 26 | Then came the pull on the string and you had to think about something else besides the water and the sky and the sun . |
| 27 | Then came the advent of the digital computer and this brought about the concept of setting type by using light — phototypesetting . |
| 28 | At first , the parish was responsible for its poor , then came the union of parishes and then the Boards of Guardians followed by the local authorities ( county and county borough councils ) . |
| 29 | Then came the kind of spot award that gets Anfield a bad name . |
| 30 | Then came the knock on the door . |