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

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1 The Dharjees went from Iran to Bombay in the seventeenth century and came to Wimbledon in 1926 , mainly to get away from Bombay but also , apparently , for the tennis . ’
2 MARCUS DALY-FERRIERA , 27 , is a Royal Engineers corporal and came to pentathlon through the Army Triathlon in 1987 .
3 A heap of rags in the corner suddenly stirred and came to life and Taplow , loaded with chains , got to his feet .
4 ‘ The kids were uninhibited and came to music very fresh .
5 I turned the corner into Bank Street , pounded down it just missing two lamp-posts , took a sharp left into Adam Smith Street and came to McGarvie 's garage .
6 And then you see I gave up my home in Liverpool and came to Anglesey to my people .
7 Muller was born in Germany and came to America to study with his compatriot Hans Hofmann .
8 And he dight himself full gallantly and well , and took with him many knights , both his own and of his kindred and of his friends , and he took also many new arms , and came to Valencia to the King with two hundred of his peers in arms , in festival guise ; and the King went out to meet him , and received him right well , and did him honour ; and at this were all the Counts displeased .
9 He completed a Pathfinder tour and came to Warboys when I was the High Master there .
10 We went on past and came to Gate 6 , which was basically a staircase leading to ground level , where the rails were .
11 Making up yardage charts started in America in the late 1950s , took off in the 1960s and came to Britain in the 1970s .
12 So , two years ago , she left her hometown of Thunderbay on the shores of Lake Superior and came to Britain where the prospect of finding outlets for her pictures are slightly brighter .
13 The first is Asian and came to Britain in 1972 .
14 So , two years ago , she left her hometown of Thunderbay on the shores of Lake Superior and came to Britain where the prospect of finding outlets for her pictures are slightly brighter .
15 She is exactly the same age as Mrs Smith and came to Britain from Jamaica in 1957 as a 20-year old with her father ( a skilled motor mechanic who came to work on the London buses ) , her mother and her three brothers .
16 According to John and Marie , who finally married him and came to Baldersdale when she was twenty , Hannah played no part in the courtship rituals of Baldersdale .
17 ( Henry ) Wooden , his valet for seven years who on his marriage left his service and came to Henley where he worked at the Brewery for 30 years .
18 Joseph Thomas , engineer , was born in Roche and came to Looe to retire after a distinguished career .
19 I reluctantly decided to stay and came to London knowing one lesbian .
20 In 1934 my father left his wife and two-year-old daughter in the north , and came to London .
21 Then I gave him the slip and came to London . ’
22 I ran out of the house immediately and came to London to ask for your help .
23 Simon Hogg , trombonist , studied at the Royal Academy of Music and came to Birmingham to do a PGCE .
24 David Wright was born in South Africa in 1920 and came to England as a teenager .
25 Arthur and Peggy married later and came to England , living near Box Hill , Surrey .
26 He fled nazi Germany because of his Jewish descent , and came to England in 1933 .
27 He fled nazi Germany because of his Jewish descent , and came to England in 1933 .
28 Gordon trained in South Africa and came to England in 1971 .
29 According to family tradition he lived among Arabs and came to England in early life as a refugee from religious persecution .
30 In 1940 he married Rose Paul-Schiff , a Viennese , whose family was connected with the banking firm of Warburg Schiff and came to England just before the Anschluss .
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