Example sentences of "and [noun prp] came " in BNC.

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1 But MacLaren , who watched the ball very carefully , Kemble and Yates came to the assistance of their county to give the home side a 28-run lead on first innings .
2 The door of the lounge opened , and Pascoe came in .
3 The door opened again and Pascoe came in alone .
4 ‘ I remember when I was a coach at Wimbledon — in the Southern League then — and Middlesbrough came down to Plough Lane for an FA Cup-tie .
5 The communicating door opened immediately and Sabrina came in , the Beretta gripped in her hand .
6 They both looked up together as the door opened and Madeleine came hesitantly forward .
7 A talkative Bruce Willis dropped me outside the London flat fifteen minutes later ( you can assess the situation on the way upstairs ) , and Kenneth came down to meet me at the door .
8 The door opened and Sheila came in .
9 Jack and Alison came in followed by Marcus and Ludens .
10 And I had a test , and the old Colonel and Colchester came to see now and how you 're getting on , he was , just about retiring he wanted a different desk in his office .
11 He was dialling when Miles and Frances came in from the kitchen .
12 Talbot pressed a bell and Jenkins came in .
13 The door opened and Jim came in and closed it .
14 And Jim came along and he says what did you say ?
15 Immediately after his promotion , the archbishops of Compostella and Braga came personally into his presence in a case which had been going on between them concerning seven bishoprics .
16 ‘ No — ’ and then the door swung open , and Ian came in , ostentatiously noisy , making sure his father knew that he , Ian , was aware there was an argument going on .
17 There was a step outside the door and Ian came in .
18 And Marcus came to be walking between them to a partitioned corner of the changing room .
19 As luck would have it , when she was certain that , shiny-faced and wet-headed , she must look about her worst , it was at that moment that the outer door opened and Ven came in .
20 In 1914 only the United Kingdom sent more of its manufactures to non-European nations than to European ; yet she was also Germany 's best customer , and Germany came second only to India as a buyer of British goods .
21 Much later , when it was dark and the yard was quieter at last , the door from the hall opened , and then her own , and Thorfinn came in .
22 Suddenly there was a faint ring on the bell downstairs , and Toby came in — the man who had gone with Bill Sikes and Oliver to rob the house in Chertsey .
23 If you were in a wine bar with ferns , mellowed out on red wine and having a really sloppy kissy kissy lovey dovey ooghy woogy dinner with your lover and Blueboy came on as the cabaret , you would go berserk and slash open their gizzards with the cake fork .
24 The cock jabbed once , twice and Richard came , blackness in his head turning red .
25 I could of done my work today though Kim and Richard came over when I was poorly she got the duster straight out she said nanny I 'll polish the furniture because I knows you get upset .
26 The percussive nature of some of the playing and ‘ rat-at-tat ’ rhythms sometimes suggest Prokofiev ( the pianos take a fair bashing ) , and at various points Messaien , Villa-Lobos , and Ligeti came into my mind .
27 Tension between Iraq and Kuwait came to the world 's attention in mid-July when Saddam Hussein launched a fierce attack on the policy of those Gulf states , principally Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , whose over-production of oil he blamed for a corresponding slump in world oil prices .
28 Scared pelicans flapped away , and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion .
29 Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels .
30 Then Kauffman had been moved to join Frank and Carton came here with Tom .
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