Example sentences of "come and go as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were even able to come and go as we pleased , taking full advantage of the splendid local restaurants . |
| 2 | She may well have lived in her parents ' house before her enclosure : when she describes the circumstances of her visions in The Revelations of Divine Love , she says that there were a large number of people round her bed and that priests were able to come and go as they pleased , which would not always have been possible in an anchorage . |
| 3 | Their newly acquired rights ( to come and go as they pleased , to own and dispose of property , to buy and sell goods ) contributed to the growth of trade and also strengthened the economic power of the burgesses in relation to that of the nobility . |
| 4 | Yet , in contrast to official policy , Contact staff allowed users to come and go as they pleased in the centres . |
| 5 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 6 | She snapped that she was entitled to come and go as she pleased and said an old friend had offered to buy her supper . |
| 7 | Here , he was able to come and go as he pleased , as long as he was in between 11 p.m. at night and 7 a.m. in the morning . |
| 8 | Hagans was allowed to come and go as he pleased and only days later , he raped and murdered council worker , Anna McGurk , as she walked home from her office . |
| 9 | You are free to come and go as you wish . |
| 10 | It still was n't time to let them come and go as they pleased . |
| 11 | She and Bernard could come and go as they pleased , partly thanks to Ruby and Molly , two local women who kept Rhydoldog clean and checked each day for telexes which might announce the Ashley 's return , in which case the beds would be aired and food prepared . |
| 12 | We keep open house here and they can come and go as they please before settling down , as many do , after a few attempts . |
| 13 | She lets them come and go as they please and it is good for the crew . |
| 14 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 15 | 10 Because there are many groups and interests in society ; because groups can come and go as they wish ; and because they all enjoy some measure of influence in particular issues , politics is fluid and everchanging and the policy process is best characterised as one involving bidding , bargaining , negotiation , accommodation , compromise , and checks and balances . |
| 16 | ‘ It is no use ’ , she stated ‘ letting the poor come and go as they think , to be helped or not as the charitable choose . ’ |
| 17 | She liked having a place of her own , where she could come and go as she pleased . |
| 18 | " Mother , he may come and go as he pleases . |
| 19 | I found Springsteen sitting on the draining-board gazing out of the kitchen window , which I have to open for him so he can come and go as he likes . |
| 20 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , we always kept his room for him and he could come and go as he pleased . |
| 22 | He assumed that he could come and go as he wanted , without worrying over-much about their opinions or needs . |