Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] and go " in BNC.
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| 1 | The order of the day 's observances being immutable , whoever fell ill and whoever defaulted , the bell for Matins sounded in the dortoir as it did every midnight , and the brothers arose and went sleepily down the night stairs into the church . |
| 2 | Furiously she rubbed , unknowing that she passed and repassed over the same bright spot , while the images came and went , flitting through . |
| 3 | Rivera is just a conduit through which the messages come and go , but what if Vargas is something else ? ’ |
| 4 | he dealt with the principles involved and went into some detail of the features of different engine designs . |
| 5 | The statement comes after weeks of uncertainty , with deadlines being set for a deal , only for the dates to come and go , with no sale even close . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Harry had adjourned to a small low-ceilinged pub in Broad Street to pass the interval , installed himself by the window , supped beer and watched the customers come and go : down-at-heel old soaks somewhat beyond his own position on the scale of decline ; and garrulous little knots of students with faces as downily naïve as their opinions were falsely wise . |
| 8 | The swallows came and went like carpenters , |
| 9 | She takes it up , the partners disengage and go their separate ways . |
| 10 | As the courses came and went , she could only toy with her food . |
| 11 | Beyond the windows , out in the streets , the coloured glass of the seasons came and went . |
| 12 | Until they came to Overclyst , Susan and Breeze had never experienced the endless joy of watching the seasons come and go . |
| 13 | ‘ Centuries passed by and the men came and went , and there were long periods when none were there . |
| 14 | The men nodded and went off . |
| 15 | However , our lives worked out , we are both happily remarried and , since we only live a mile apart , it 's very easy for the children to come and go to visit their father . ’ |
| 16 | We ca n't really complain of being immediately affected by all the building , and we can still see Oban Bay and the ferries coming and going ( at a distance , it 's true ) , but it 's a bit of a shock to find a major extension to Oban on our doorstep , more or less . |
| 17 | In the second half United should have pulled the game out of the fire … once again the chances came and went … |
| 18 | In the second half United should have pulled the game out of the fire … once again the chances came and went … |
| 19 | The boatmen came and went , so that the boat-people 's community ashore was largely one of women , often living together , helping and supporting each other in the absence of their husbands . |