Example sentences of "come the [num ord] [noun sg] " 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 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In July came the first visit from the phantom night hound . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A few minutes later came the first gun-fire . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On 5th September 1974 came the first indication that something new and more sinister than the ‘ numbers game ’ was afoot . |
| 12 | Then , in 1977 , came the first example of mass direct action in America . |
| 13 | two minutes behind came the first horse … for only the second time the wheels had won … |
| 14 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
| 17 | Then came the first Shadow Cabinet meeting . |
| 18 | Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder . |
| 19 | ‘ Nobody and nothing , ’ came the second reply , accompanied by a backward step . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ then came the second tragedy . |
| 22 | Major success for caddie Andy Prodger and Open champion Nick Faldo came the second time around . |
| 23 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 24 | To sort of make out s make sure you 've got this and that so you 're ready for the confinement and er But they only came the last minute when when they were the ma mams were expecting their babies . |
| 25 | Richard came the next day , arriving at ten in the morning , when only Aunt Lilian was out of bed . |
| 26 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
| 27 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 28 | It came the next day . |
| 29 | Then came the next tier of management . |
| 30 | As you can imagine there were a lot of champagne bottles opened that night , but perhaps the most pleasurable glass of all came the next morning from the bottle in Peter Wycherley 's office at the headquarters of Dunlop Slazenger who are my main sponsors . |