Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] went " in BNC.
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| 31 | A running and ringing in the darkening afternoon , urgent voices on the phone and the grind and clang of the lift as it came and went . |
| 32 | Chirk , trying to retain a hint of character despite the volume of traffic that passes through it on the A5 , came and went , then , across the River Ceiriog and out of Wales into England . |
| 33 | CHRISTMAS CAME AND WENT WITH NO CARD FROM ELEANOR . |
| 34 | The reading came and went . |
| 35 | It came and went in swirling waves that rushed down from the ceiling and swallowed her up . |
| 36 | Businessmen , politicians and academics came and went from it . |
| 37 | Doctors had little reason to suspect the real carriers of disease , fleas for plague and lice for typhus : diseases came and went , but the fleas and lice were always there . |
| 38 | Minerva 's solo came and went . |
| 39 | Prince Charles Edward Stuart , ‘ Bonnie Prince Charlie ’ , came and went with a song , 10,000 starving Highlanders , and 12,000 Glasgow shirts . |
| 40 | In 1968 , the diamond Jubilee came and went without celebration for fear of a financial loss ! |
| 41 | Tenants came and went with great rapidity . |
| 42 | The Crusaders also left a legacy to the Arabs , as did those other invaders who came and went . |
| 43 | Anyway , Aoki came and went ; Crenshaw came up ; Davis came up , but then he double-bogeyed the 14th , I think . |
| 44 | The psychological insights which he might once have applied were no longer applicable ; thus , like most people , like all of us would in a similar circumstance , the degree to which he could realistically perceive what was going on within his body and what was becoming of him came and went . |
| 45 | The Roman empire declined and fell , the Dark Ages came and went , new peoples settled round Vesuvius , and ultimately new towns began to spring up . |
| 46 | June came and went , and then July , and then came the August holidays — and Mummy brought exciting news from the village . |
| 47 | Of course it came and went , but he found the colleens were not only beautiful , but also good , and good at singing , though they were very shy on stage . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | In Division One he was subjected to a lot of dubious physical challenge and then , as Palace managers came and went , Vince 's role was constantly changing , so that he became something of an enigma to Palace fans who would one week marvel at his sinuous skills and near-perfect control but then despair at his virtual anonymity the next . |
| 50 | Around three trains per week were accepted by this shop , all carrying horse-drawn vehicles , coming from Goods Depots all over the country : Camden , Broad Street , Curzon Street etc , whereas it was the rule that road motors came and went under their own power delivered and accepted by the drivers from the depots concerned . |
| 51 | He is a volatile character , far more so than me , and he came and went as he pleased . |
| 52 | When one dhāmi died the god chose another and was embodied in him so that , although dhāmis came and went , the god 's reputation endured . |
| 53 | So the precious day came and went , and the only person she visited was Maggie , who did n't have a lot of sympathy . |
| 54 | He held no office , had no possessions , and came and went from the political arena at times of his own choosing . |
| 55 | Christmas came and went , but there was no merriment for the Oaks of Sleightholmedale , where Jonadab 's brother clung doggedly to life , although the rasping of his breath and his persistent cough brought sleepless nights for all in the house . |
| 56 | Christmas came and went , with Bob Lamb being invited to share the Oaks ' family celebrations on Christmas Day , and all going down to Cherry Tree Farm on Boxing Day . |
| 57 | ‘ We were preparing for what we thought might be our future and so we got back to the people who 'd singled us out , and a guy called Keith Wilson , who was eventually responsible for recording and co-producing our first Fleetwood Mac album , got us down and we put an album out , which kind of came and went . |
| 58 | Day shift came and went , the newly delivered mums returned home , and Mrs Robinson had a girl and ‘ … |
| 59 | Ten Tory MPs who came and went in mysterious circumstances |
| 60 | The occupants were observing whoever came and went . |