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Example sentences for "there came"

  • In 1896 there came a most revolutionary change in switchboards.

  • And in 1882 there came such a telephone boom that the Bell System was multiplied by two, with more than a million dollars of gross earnings.

  • Instead of the incessant tangle and tumult, there came a new species of exchange--a quiet, tense place, in which several score of young ladies sit and answer the language of the switchboard lights.

  • There came a cynical note into Mary's utterance now.

  • There came a squeal of amazement from Aggie, a start of incredulity from Garson.

  • There came a tensing of the relaxed form, and the head lifted a little so that the girl could look at her questioner.

  • There came a look of deep hurt on Sadie's face at the flippant jest, which Dick himself was quick to note.

  • There came a sudden ripple of laughter, and the charming lips curved joyously, as she added: "Though perhaps we have bent it a bit.

  • At last, there came an old white-haired man, leaning on the arm of a middle-aged woman.

  • There came a cry from the street below, a feeble involuntary one, but still distinctly audible.

  • Billy tried to speak, but instead of words, there came only a choking sob.

  • There came, too, the memory of Kate's scathing "Do you want to ruin his career?

  • When she awoke in the morning, heavy-eyed and unrested, there came to her first the vague horror of some shadow hanging over her, then the sickening consciousness of what that shadow was.

  • There came a moisture which was not of rain, and a cold which was not of frost.

  • He despatched the inquiry that very day, and before the week was out there came a short reply from Mrs Durbeyfield which did not remove his embarrassment, for it bore no address, though to his surprise it was not written from Marlott.

  • While waiting, however, there came along a farmer in his spring cart, driving approximately in the direction that she wished to pursue.

  • There came a time when there was so little flesh on him that the bones began to poke through--which was a horrible thing to see or even to think of.

  • There came a day when the rain fell in torrents; and it being December, to be wet with it and have to sit all day long in one of the cold cellars of Brown's was no laughing matter.

  • So there came a time when nearly all the conscious life of Jurgis consisted of a struggle with the craving for liquor.

  • There came cruel, cold, and biting winds, and blizzards of snow, all testing relentlessly for failing muscles and impoverished blood.

  • There came one of those hysterical crises that had so often dismayed him.

  • The telegraph was answered, and in half an hour or less, there came a loud shout from the guard-house.

  • There came up from all nature in the dawn of day a perfume of herbs, flowers and leaves, which delighted the heart.

  • There came a sound like a whirlwind, at the same time two troops of horsemen, each composed of ten men, sallied forth from each of the lanes which encompassed the house and surrounded D'Artagnan and Planchet.

  • In the very midst of the scuffle, however, whilst Alleyne braced himself to feel the cold blade between his shoulders, there came a sudden scurry of hoofs, and the black man yelled with terror and ran for his life through the heather.

  • There came a squire so debonair His dress was rich, his words were fair, He sweetly sang, he deftly played: He could not win the franklin's maid.

  • There came a plump of rain towards mid-day and the breeze died down, but it freshened again before nightfall, and Goodwin Hawtayne veered his sheet and held head for the south.

  • There came a mercer wonder-fine With velvet cap and gaberdine; For all his ships, for all his trade He could not buy the franklin's maid.

  • There came a knight of high renown In bassinet and ciclatoun; On bended knee full long he prayed, He might not win the franklin's maid.

  • As Stutely sat thus, there came a great house cat and rubbed against his knee, raising his robe a palm's-breadth high.

  • But even as the doctor spoke, there came a sudden clatter of horses' hoofs and a jingle of iron mail in the courtyard below.

  • But as he lay awake all the night long, there came to his remembrance the man with the crushed foot; so he had him brought before him, and said, "I remember thy saying that thou weft an healer of injured speech.

  • There came an evil man and a sorcerer, and communicated to him the precepts of the Christian religion.

  • As Tom reached up to switch on the electric light again, there came a flash of lightning that well nigh blinded them.

  • They brought out the food which had been given to them the night before, but before they could eat this, there came a knock on the door, and more food and fresh water was handed in, under the same precautions as before.

  • And so close after it as to seem simultaneous, there came such a crash of thunder as to stun them all.

  • With that idea in his mind you may be sure he doesn't know which sex Modeste belongs to.

  • You are richly rewarded for your devotion, and I will generously further your happiness.

  • She was up and facing toward the queen in a moment.

  • The news of the disaster to the well had traveled far by this time; and now for two or three days a steady avalanche of people had been pouring into the valley.

  • The queen's guards fell into line, and she and they marched away, with their torch-bearers, and woke the echoes of the cavernous tunnels with the measured beat of their retreating footfalls.

  • There came a cat to my cage door, It almost a worried me, And I was calling on May Colven To take the cat from me.

  • There came a squire frae the west, Hey Edinbruch, how Edinbruch.

  • There came a knight out oer the sea, And steald my sister away; The shame scoup in his company, And land where'er he gae!

  • Several of the masked lads were knocked down by the explosion, and when the rumble died away, and deep blackness succeeded the intense blue light, there came cries of pain and terror.

  • There came a fiercer burst to the storm, and, amid a series of dazzling lightning flashes and the muttering of thunder, the airship rose from the roof.

  • As they were about out of it there came a little flash of fire and the motor stopped.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "there came" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    clean them; complete knowledge; had always; know where; prevail upon; sailing vessel; small public; summer residence; the fish; there and; there being; there came; there had; there has; there lived; there may; there must; there never; there seemed; there seems; there wasn; there were; there would; there would have been; white amorphous; you wish