Example sentences of "came the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Then came the first signs of recovery with the opening of his eyes and a squeeze of his wife 's hand . |
| 6 | Later that year came the first signs of health trouble when he was taken to hospital with a heart problem . |
| 7 | In July came the first visit from the phantom night hound . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the case of the Iranians , early in 1982 came the first references to the phenomena of attrition and the ‘ human wave ’ . |
| 10 | And then came the first Wednesday in October — the day of the Woman 's Institute bush walk . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A few minutes later came the first gun-fire . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | On 5th September 1974 came the first indication that something new and more sinister than the ‘ numbers game ’ was afoot . |
| 15 | Then , in 1977 , came the first example of mass direct action in America . |
| 16 | two minutes behind came the first horse … for only the second time the wheels had won … |
| 17 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 18 | But as the decade wore on , there came the first rumblings that something was wrong . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ And then came the first tragedy . |
| 21 | Then came the first Shadow Cabinet meeting . |
| 22 | Then came the second chorus of ‘ the referee 's a German ’ , only this time it was much louder . |
| 23 | ‘ Nobody and nothing , ’ came the second reply , accompanied by a backward step . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And then came the second Fleet Street sensation . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ then came the second tragedy . |
| 27 | Major success for caddie Andy Prodger and Open champion Nick Faldo came the second time around . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Richard came the next day , arriving at ten in the morning , when only Aunt Lilian was out of bed . |