Example sentences of "to go and [vb infin] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 2 | And then before that boys used to go and gather cockles in the sand outside er not here , other side of you know . |
| 3 | Why , for example , one of the , the points that Freud 's book makes , is er when Wilson was confronted with a conflict , particularly with a stronger male , like an elder brother , or his father , he would retreat into speech making , and apparently he used to have a barn where he did it , and he used to go and give speeches in the barn . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to go and see Sybil in the theatre every night . |
| 5 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 6 | She nodded and turned to go and take care of the passengers , and the James Winterbourne character came out to meet her and also to talk to Zak . |
| 7 | Then they had to go and pump water for the stock . |