Example sentences of "come [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And Shirley happened to come the next day and I about it . |
2 | From Titron had come the first man who could withstand radiation , be it from a bomb , or in deep space . |
3 | 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 … |
4 | If the coin had not been put in , the bar would not have come out-the first thing was required for the second . |
5 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
6 | Out of this time came the first stories of his boldness — answering back to a teacher , taking out girls , and of course the all-dazzling displays at rugby and cricket . |
7 | Gedanken was about to protest that she did go to discos and parties , and it was no big deal being a girl doing physics , but before she could open her mouth , there came the first question . |
8 | During the following two months came the first reports of Baghdad 's retaliation at the frontier town of Halabjah , in PUK territory , where aircraft were said to have dropped bombs containing poison gas . |
9 | Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand . |
10 | Later that year came the first signs of health trouble when he was taken to hospital with a heart problem . |
11 | In July came the first visit from the phantom night hound . |
12 | Next , in 1590 , came the First Set of Italian Madrigals Englished , not to the sense of the original dittie , but after the affection of the Noate by Thomas Watson , next to Spenser the earliest of the Elizabethan sonneteers ; they are nearly all by Marenzio but also include two fine settings , à 4 and à 6 , of Watson 's own ‘ This sweet and merry month of May ’ by Byrd ‘ composed after the Italian vaine ’ at the poet 's request . |
13 | In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ . |
14 | And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk . |
15 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
16 | A few minutes later came the first gun-fire . |
17 | In these circumstances it seemed to Napoleon III that the Entente needed a boost and so came the first essay in Court diplomacy , the state visit to England in 1855 at the request of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
18 | On 5th September 1974 came the first indication that something new and more sinister than the ‘ numbers game ’ was afoot . |
19 | Then , in 1977 , came the first example of mass direct action in America . |
20 | two minutes behind came the first horse … for only the second time the wheels had won … |
21 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
22 | But as the decade wore on , there came the first rumblings that something was wrong . |
23 | In 1904 came the first car , and in 1920 Rover hit the headlines when its Light Six saloon raced the Blue Train Continental Express 750 miles across France — and reached Calais 20 minutes ahead of the train . |
24 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
25 | Then came the first Shadow Cabinet meeting . |
26 | Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder . |
27 | ‘ Nobody and nothing , ’ came the second reply , accompanied by a backward step . |
28 | Across a range of questions , the pattern was consistent : the first set contained the largest proportion of students who became less honest ; next came the second set ; honourably in the rear were the astronomers , with the smallest proportion of students who became less honest . |
29 | And then came the second Fleet Street sensation . |
30 | ‘ Well , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ then came the second tragedy . |