Example sentences of "then come the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand . |
| 2 | Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow . |
| 3 | Then came the two saviours of modern Aegina , tourists and that prince of nuts , the phistiki , alias the pistachio . |
| 4 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 5 | Then came the blustering denials of any intention to act dishonestly , which did little to help their cause though many were sincere . |
| 6 | In the very early years , people were really exploring ; then came the early botanists who identified what they saw and made lists ; later came the ecologists who related plants to their environment ; by the 1980s conservation of the flora came to the fore . |
| 7 | Then came the startling developments in Eastern Europe and a British response which has been much admired . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then came the post-war years of austerity , the food and fuel shortages . |
| 10 | Then came the inevitable qualifications — much depended on the state of international trade and on the efficient running of industry . |
| 11 | Then come the secular offices : those of chamberlain or treasurer ( the treasure was kept in the king 's chamber ) , the count of the palace , who handled legal appeals not heard by the king himself , the seneschal , the butler , the constable and a string of other household officers . |