Example sentences of "come the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Titron had come the first man who could withstand radiation , be it from a bomb , or in deep space . |
| 2 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand . |
| 7 | Later that year came the first signs of health trouble when he was taken to hospital with a heart problem . |
| 8 | In July came the first visit from the phantom night hound . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ . |
| 11 | And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A few minutes later came the first gun-fire . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On 5th September 1974 came the first indication that something new and more sinister than the ‘ numbers game ’ was afoot . |
| 16 | Then , in 1977 , came the first example of mass direct action in America . |
| 17 | two minutes behind came the first horse … for only the second time the wheels had won … |
| 18 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 19 | But as the decade wore on , there came the first rumblings that something was wrong . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
| 22 | Then came the first Shadow Cabinet meeting . |
| 23 | Home advantage meant that pitches could be prepared especially to suit fast bowlers , and come the first Test in Jamaica it was soon evident this is what had happened . |
| 24 | Suddenly from among the lichen and lank chickweed drawn up by the gloom of the canopy , comes the first flash of pink . |
| 25 | After the first ascent by a six-year-old schoolgirl comes the first junkie-ascent of Europe 's biggest ( not counting Eastern interlopers ) . |
| 26 | Now comes the first LP — picked up by Guernica in the face of widespread interest — which confirms the potential ‘ Palomine ’ , with nine original tracks , and one Sebadoh cover , is a warm , uplifting and engrossing record . |