Example sentences of "[verb] [interj] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She dearly wanted a coffee and brandy to end this uncomfortable night but she wanted to say goodbye and get it over with more , and somehow the merriment of the people added to her stress . |
| 32 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 33 | But , some 12 hours later , Neneh 's husband , Cameron McVey , leans into the car to say goodbye and cautions : ‘ Watch out , 'cause we do get elk round here . ’ |
| 34 | He said goodbye and went back by the road . |
| 35 | Hob and Jack said goodbye and went down to the boats too . |
| 36 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’ |
| 38 | They said goodbye and returned to the car . |
| 39 | When the party had started , Elizabeth and I said goodbye and left for our honeymoon . |
| 40 | After the story was finished , Nosheen and Simeen said goodnight and disappeared upstairs to bed . |
| 41 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |
| 42 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 43 | He quickly said goodnight and went to his room . |
| 44 | The two of them stayed sitting and talking in the kitchen for an hour or so longer , and then , at about six o'clock , Matilda said goodnight and set out to walk home to her parent 's house , which was about an eight-minute journey away . |
| 45 | Dora accepted these ministrations without protest , but Melissa thought she detected a growing restiveness and a thinly veiled relief when at last they said goodnight and returned to their own room . |
| 46 | He 's a pleasant enough chap , though , and generally looks in to say hullo and have a glass of sherry on his way out to tramp over the common looking for flowers . |
| 47 | I am a walker and often enough would just meander through the parish of an afternoon for an hour or so — many of the people would say hello and stop for a word . |
| 48 | Why did n't you just say no and close the window ? |
| 49 | She says ; I would say no and go to the nearest phone and tell them . |
| 50 | ‘ What about if she does say no and sticks to it , finally ? ’ said Dionne . |
| 51 | Jinny was so amazed that she stopped speaking in the middle of a sentence and let him say goodbye and make their apologies all over again . |