Example sentences of "come the [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then came the two saviours of modern Aegina , tourists and that prince of nuts , the phistiki , alias the pistachio . |
| 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 | They had four sons ( the eldest of whom died in 1895 ) and by the second , Charles , came the five grandsons who as a team continued the family firm until it was sold in 1965 to the Hawker Siddeley Group . |
| 4 | After Cleveland came the 1989 Children Act . |
| 5 | Take Ventura County , whence came the 12 jurors — six men , six women , six Republicans , six Democrats , 10 white , one Hispanic , one Asian-American , eight having served in the army — who acquitted the cops . |
| 6 | Nurturing confidence is one thing , but cosseting them from the harsh realities of top provincial competition could prove totally counter-productive come the two games the count against the New Zealand XV , who themselves will not include any of the All Black tourists in Australia for the Bledisloe Cup series . |
| 7 | Next come the four effects return trim pots , again with plus or minus from the unity gain point , and these are used to fine-mix the level of the effects returning to the Quad-FX 's four stereo loops . |