V2 movement in English

Unlike other Germanic languages, V2 movement is not common in English. However, it was once common. It is now used in certain cases.

The following sentences have V2 movement:

Here comes the bus.
Now is time to say good-bye.
Never will he agree.
Behind the park is the school.
Down came the rain.

The examples begin with adverbs and a preposition. With most adverbs, V2 movement is not allowed as in the sentence Sometimes they can't come. The examples preserve a structure which was common in Old English and Middle English. They can be considered vestiges of V2 movement in English.