Example sentences of "came the first [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 . |