Example sentences of "come the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus . |
| 2 | Appealing for faith and confidence , the parable invites the hearer to see in Jesus ’ followers the seed of the vast communion of the saved … out of this unprepossessing band of disciples is destined to come the restored people , not only the lost sheep of Israel 's house , but the nations , as well , ( Meyer 1979:164 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ All very well , Miss Kyte , ’ had said Agnes Diggory bluntly , ‘ for you to come the fine lady over me , but I 've only the one pair of hands ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In 1982 Ferrari launched the 208 Turbo ( made mainly for the Italian market and powered by a two-litre turbocharged V8 ) and , more recently have come the ultimate developments of the original theme — the 288GTO and the F40 . |
| 7 | Hoomey had not seen Nails there since , but had an instinct that he had come the following night too . |
| 8 | ‘ From the mountains of the east come the Orcish hordes : green-skinned savages with the hearts of beasts and the fury of madmen . |
| 9 | And then had come the awful perception that Helen too was vulnerable ; he had seen her exposed , humiliated , disappointed . |
| 10 | Determinedly and irrevocably into the American language has come the modern reference to ‘ the underclass ’ . |
| 11 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 12 | How come the vast majority of the population appears to want to play make-believe ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He gives as an example of this the growth of a ‘ pornocracy ’ and through the break-up of the sex-procreation nexus has come the increasing commodification of pleasure — the developing range of sex-pleasure items on the market . |
| 15 | Then had come the only question Bess Halidon was ever to ask about the incident . |
| 16 | Just after Manning had come the agnostic Tyndall , talking about the identity of radiant heat and light ; and just before Stanley , the militant anti-christian W. K. Clifford had held forth on the education of the people , and especially on the importance of technical drawing . |
| 17 | It is strange how attitudes have come the full circle . |
| 18 | From this has come the immense development of Justice and Peace Commissions , both in Rome and throughout the Catholic world , which have greatly helped bring to fruition a whole new dimension of church life , a social activism concerned with the service of the poor , of economic justice and of genuine peace ( Paul VI later declared that ‘ Development is the new name for Peace ’ ) . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Morning , Alf , ’ came the shouted response from opposite . |
| 22 | Fringing this stunning awareness came the long-forgotten knowledge of status . |
| 23 | ‘ Good , ’ came the terse reply . |
| 24 | Then , as Winter storms abated , came the crabbing season and the pattern of the Looe seasons began all over again . |
| 25 | ‘ But on a much smaller scale , is n't it ? ’ came the cut-glass tone . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ There is no need to ask which pupil is responsible for this , ’ came the familiar voice from inside the bucket . |
| 28 | The door it adorned was open and from inside came the familiar sound of a photocopier on print and collate . |
| 29 | From the darkness between the semi-detached houses across the street came the familiar figure of Jack Stone . |
| 30 | And up on the screen came the familiar images : young women water-skiing past the Saint-Georges , farmers in the Bekaa , the great cedar trees of Bsharre . |