Example sentences of "had come the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , while a Navy surgeon lieutenant — she liked the sport and a contract that would last nicely into her forties — had come the memoranda . |
| 2 | As he had grown older , his anger had turned to cold bitterness , and creeping into his mind had come the idea of revenge , something subtle enough to humble his mother , make her realize that he lived , without killing her . |
| 3 | She had known they were n't going to make love the moment the sound of that door being either opened or closed had penetrated , and flooding in had come the memory that she was Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's guest . |
| 4 | Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window . |
| 5 | After the initial decision to continue my trip had come the fight to quell bitterness . |
| 6 | After the film noir of punk had come the escapist musical spectacular of ‘ the new pop ’ , demonstrated in a wild flamboyance which banished the austerity of punk rock to the shadows . |
| 7 | Her great-grandparents had lived in this house ; it was her great-grandfather who had bought the farm ; but from where had come the money for a Polish immigrant to buy a farm in those far-off days remained a mystery to both her grandfather and , of course , her father . |
| 8 | With peace had come the School 's first Sixth Form as that term is understood today , with nine members . |
| 9 | Then , quite out of the blue , there had come the offer of a job at Marlborough ; for although I had resolved to abandon teaching , I had found , like so many others , that of all the means of earning one 's bread , freelance authorship was among the most precarious . |
| 10 | ‘ Perfectly fine , thank you , sir , ’ had come the reply . |
| 11 | ‘ I should n't bother yerself if I were you , ’ had come the reply . |
| 12 | With the adoption of Christianity by kings and their subjects had come the conception of the " Christian ruler " , for Christ had been the " King of the Jews " and the society of the Old Testament was a kingly and patriarchal one . |
| 13 | Then had come the visit from a middle-aged man with a grey face . |
| 14 | Since the railways had come the post travelled more quickly , and it was possible that her grandfather already knew everything . |
| 15 | Everyone was heading for the bedroom from which had come the screams . |
| 16 | The Sputnik demonstration of Soviet technological capabilities had made Foster Dulles ’ philosophy of massive nuclear retaliation untenable , and in its place had come the theory of imposing a pause with conventional forces to allow time for last-minute negotiations to reduce the chances of mutual nuclear suicide . |