Example sentences of "[noun] come and [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That flicker of glamour and unscheduled elevation came and went in January .
2 The swallows came and went like carpenters ,
3 One afternoon I was going back into my hotel when a fat man came and stood in front of me .
4 ‘ When I got home , the doctor came and said of course she could n't cook , so I was doing the cooking .
5 All evening , great men came and went at Downing Street and at the Palace of Westminster .
6 In 1968 , the diamond Jubilee came and went without celebration for fear of a financial loss !
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