did he come
Er ist krank gewesen, deswegen kam er nicht.
He was ill, that's why he didn't come.
Drei Stunden später kam er nach Hause.
Three hours later he came home.
Finally he came to.
Obwohl ich eine ganze Weile auf den Bus wartete, kam er nicht.
Although I waited for the bus for quite a while, it never came.
Wie kam er darauf, dass sie in Ordnung ist?
How did he come to the conclusion that she was okay?
— Asphalt-Haie (1980)
Wie es bei ihm oft der Fall ist, kam er wieder einmal zu spät.
As is often the case with him, he was late again.