Example sentences of "came a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First there was a small elephant and it had the natural financial goal painted on its side , then along came a bigger elephant with a bigger number , and then a huge elephant with a huge number , and he said , ‘ Go for it ! |
| 2 | Down the aisle came a blond choirboy , in sheet and halo , his pure voice just cracking , accompanied by a very limited multitude of the heavenly host . |
| 3 | Jessamy 's temper gradually faded away and in its place came a deep feeling of unease . |
| 4 | After the two men had served more than six years in prison , there came a new twist to the case . |
| 5 | But during the second half of the century there came a new approach to physiology , involving chemistry . |
| 6 | Then came a new development . |
| 7 | With the cash came a new direction for much of that press , Rolling Stone or-as quickly was to happen in London — no Rolling Stone . |
| 8 | By hyping through shock value alone Malcolm McLaren had provided a model with the Sex Pistols and in his wake came a new wave of manager-entrepreneurs who recognised that the process of ‘ selling ’ a performer began long before you signed a record contract . |
| 9 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 10 | ‘ On the contrary , ’ came a new voice from the doorway , and Mr Aycliffe walked into the room . |
| 11 | Then came a new cry , which rather overshadowed my friends ' efforts : ‘ West Mids — Best Kids ! ’ chanted over and over by sixty or more voices . |
| 12 | With the environments came a new piece of jargon ; WYSIWYG . |
| 13 | But , almost at the end of the ascent , there came a new series of alarming jerks and they juddered to a halt once more . |
| 14 | The young earls who attended the Dunstable tournament were now to take a leading part in Edward 's wars , and with a new generation of earls came a new strategy . |
| 15 | With it came a new sound — deep and frightening . |
| 16 | After the barbecue , which was accompanied by salad and jacket potatoes , came a sticky almond cake dessert , followed by a selection of local cheeses and fresh fruit . |
| 17 | Highton Highton I came a nice part . |
| 18 | At some time after 1880 came a turning point in world history . |
| 19 | From Latin America came a devastating critique of the consequences of excessive state intervention through the administration of licences and permits . |
| 20 | They went on holiday to a farmhouse at Ponsworthy in Devon and thither came a vast parcel , from the Clerical and General Tailors ( Breeches Makers etc. ) , of Sackville Street , Piccadilly , bill £376 ; chimeres , wristbands , rochets , frills , breeches , gaiters , purple dress coat , black barathea breeches , patent court shoes , silver-plated shoe buckles , and other less rare articles of apparel . |
| 21 | A naked woman squatted there , her face hidden behind a black veil ; from her mouth came a foul toad and round her neck curled an amber snake , its red-slit eyes flashing like diamonds . |
| 22 | In their places came a unified Ministry under the Secretary of State for Defence , who was given two Ministers of State with functional responsibilities to assist him . |
| 23 | As a Mitsubishi dealer , I 'd remind you that this car won the 1989 Lombard RAC Rally and came a close second last year . |
| 24 | British Telecom partly-paid came a close second , volumes hitting 53m as the shares firmed 19 to 1191/2 ( after touching 126p ) . |
| 25 | Uncle Nick came a close second , Robin and Jenny joint thirds ; thinking of them all , Ruth ached with homesickness . |
| 26 | From left were Peter Marshall of Pitman Publishing ( third , 1.71 days ) ; Wendy Edge of International Thomson ( who came a close second with 1.68 days , and appeared to be very much the people 's choice ) ; Colin Marshall of Leicester University Bookshop ( who was responsible for collating the results and who collected the award on behalf of the absent Butterworth Law ) ; and Derek Hall of Addison-Wesley ( fourth , 1.72 days ) . |
| 27 | The Democratic Left Alliance , a party of former Communists , came a close second to the post-Solidarity party of former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki , the Democratic Union . |
| 28 | She says the Liberal Democrats came a close second last time and believes the mood on the ground is one of dissatisfaction with the Conservatives which will give her the swing needed to gain the seat . |
| 29 | After 1956 , with the Soviet cause politically and morally bankrupt , there came a gradual softening of the brutal Stalinist line of the immediate postwar years . |
| 30 | Then came a narrow lavatory with an old-fashioned bowl of decorated porcelain and a mahogany seat with , above it , a hanging chain set under a single high window . |