Example sentences of "[vb past] and go [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rose and went to a bookcase , where leather-bound books were displayed . |
| 2 | She rose and went to her aunt and put her arms round her shoulders . |
| 3 | He rose and went to the window , looking down the slope . |
| 4 | Then Abbot Radulfus rose and went to the altar . |
| 5 | She rose and went to the window , still in the half-real state induced by daytime sleeping , and looked out at the darkening world where the yellow glow of a lamp in the yard showed Jem was milking . |
| 6 | The two men rose and went through the minister 's anteroom into his main office . |
| 7 | Edward rose and went into the hall . |
| 8 | No , that was not what Jean-Claude had in mind , and he rose and went inside a played a few bars of something by Scriabin . |
| 9 | The Scarabae rose and went like some collective creature , some sort of amoeba with Ruth its glowing heart , into the drawing room . |
| 10 | about three years ago he uprooted and went to Guildford . |
| 11 | In 1968 , the diamond Jubilee came and went without celebration for fear of a financial loss ! |
| 12 | Several researchers joined the group , masquerading as believers , and were thus present when midnight came and went without the prophecy being fulfilled . |
| 13 | People came and went along the street . |
| 14 | Julia felt too ill to be interested in what he was doing , and in any case her mind came and went as the waves of fever rose and fell , but she heard Comfort say : |
| 15 | The first delivery of post came and went on that fateful day , no letter . |
| 16 | The lorries came and went on a service road near the town ; on some days the bulldozer clanked back and forth , crushing the rubbish into the soft , orange earth . |
| 17 | The prefect was more concerned that we and everyone should keep quiet about Daniel having been here ; the last thing he wants is word to get out that a wanted renegade came and went on his demesne without hindrance . |
| 18 | A harsh smile came and went on his mouth . |
| 19 | CHRISTMAS CAME AND WENT WITH NO CARD FROM ELEANOR . |
| 20 | Prince Charles Edward Stuart , ‘ Bonnie Prince Charlie ’ , came and went with a song , 10,000 starving Highlanders , and 12,000 Glasgow shirts . |
| 21 | Tenants came and went with great rapidity . |
| 22 | Nurses and doctors , oblivious to the scene around them , came and went with pills and potions , drips and plasma . |
| 23 | In the Wilhehnstrasse , a procession of diplomats , including the British Ambassador , Sir Neville Henderson , came and went with their instructions . |
| 24 | Though there were complaints in some places that 1 January 1913 came and went with no settlement in sight and though seamen on weekly boats in Hull were aggrieved at receiving less than their colleagues elsewhere , 2s.6d increases on weekly wages and 10s on monthly were fairly readily conceded , more in some places . |
| 25 | Wycliffe said that he did , which was something of a record , for Franks 's secretaries came and went with bewildering frequency , though all were to a common stamp . |
| 26 | Oak forests came and went with the hawk 's wing |
| 27 | Tributers , who raised the actual ore , came and went with more freedom . |
| 28 | And that just about sums you up , she thought wryly as the mischievous dimple came and went with his grin , but she wisely said nothing . |
| 29 | Norfolk police , too , reported that the flood waters were abating and in Kent the high tide came and went with no need for evacuation . |
| 30 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |