Example sentences of "came for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As successful as the works on paper were , the crowds came for the paintings , particularly the late Braque ‘ Atelier VIII ’ , ( 1952–55 ) conceived by the artist as the summation of his career , and which he had fervently hoped would never leave France . |
| 2 | After a brief warm-up , participants dispersed to try out the various sports , and then the time came for the games , which involved the competitors in ( among other things ) rushing to get balls round traffic cones , and into baskets . |
| 3 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 4 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 5 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 6 | When the time came for the women to take their seats in the coach , Silas , Lucy and Jean stood to wave farewell . |
| 7 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |
| 8 | When the time came for the children to go home , Rabscuttle went too . |
| 9 | The time came for the Blackshirts to leave the cafe . |
| 10 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 11 | Erika knew the words of a Protestant pastor , himself tortured and executed by the Gestapo : ‘ First they came for the Jews — and we said nothing . |
| 12 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 13 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |