Example sentences of "[coord] fetch [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said the children were upstairs and I would go and fetch them . |
| 2 | One of the oddities of the situation since her ‘ descent ’ was that most of her clothes had remained in the cupboards upstairs , she had felt unable to go and fetch them , and evidently the other two had felt too embarrassed to carry them down , or perhaps had simply not noticed the problem . |
| 3 | Well it 's an awkward time to ask people to go and fetch them when they 're if they 're preparing dinner is n't it ? |
| 4 | As Gabriel was watching , the cart stopped at the top of the hill , and the driver climbed down to go back and fetch something that had fallen off . |
| 5 | ‘ Yer do n't think I 'm goin' ter build a new bridge just for you lot in Claro to go and fetch yer dole money do yer ? ’ he said crossly . |
| 6 | I 'm going to phone home and reverse the charges and get them to come and fetch me . |
| 7 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 8 | Mum was n't coming so she 'd come and fetch me . |
| 9 | Hell 's teeth , I 'm just going to phone again , am I , only an hour after the last time — ‘ Little Bina 's got herself into a mess , ran away from home and got her bag nicked , can you come and fetch her quick cos she 's very frightened ? ’ |
| 10 | the butcher , on the corner of Street , the little tiny grocers where you used to go and fe your mother used to go and fetch her groceries , and if she spent three shillings in the shop she was a good customer . |
| 11 | Still , seeing the poor girl shivering so , Lydia did go and fetch her dressing-gown . |
| 12 | Oh , he said , but he did go off and fetch him . |
| 13 | The sergeant could go and fetch him . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd best go and fetch him soon , for he is hobbled and there may be wolves about . ’ |
| 15 | You know the man in charge of them was they called him , always used to go and fetch him to go if they needed er or somebody lost their passes and . |
| 16 | ‘ Speaking of Quatt , I must tell Aycliffe to go and fetch him at once . ’ |
| 17 | Some other employee has to go and fetch him in the morning |
| 18 | Then , John said , he would know that she had been arrested because she had forgotten her pass , which all blacks had to carry , and would automatically telephone his father to go and fetch her from prison . |
| 19 | If she was n't home by then I 'd have to go and fetch her , knowing she 'd be slumped in a drunken stupor on the pavement , open-legged and snotty-nosed , against the wall of the High Fields pub . |
| 20 | All the kids found it highly amusing when I had to climb up and fetch her . |
| 21 | ‘ I shall come and fetch her straight away , ’ he said brusquely . |
| 22 | Of course it was right : this poor owd cow , she ran right across these fields there , what they call Brookey 's Wood ; and they had to go and fetch her . |
| 23 | Shall I go and fetch her ? |
| 24 | Also , she was now trapped here until he decided to come and fetch her , and she knew she would miss him daily . |
| 25 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll run and fetch my broom . ’ |
| 27 | announcement every time there 's a delivery and the brother who 's giving the announcements on a Tuesday or a Thursday , whenever they meet , he , he says that we have new magazines tonight brothers and he may hold them up and said you know , that they 're this and that and lovely , beautiful magazines Jehovah doing so well now through his organization and he 's presenting us with , with erm marvellous erm appealing literature , he holds them up and says we 're , we 're , we 're able to get your magazines tonight and er we would like you to get them straight out at me , and they 're still there two or three weeks later , your magazines , this is a way we can stay spiritually awake , is by going and getting them straight away , not for the benefit of the brothers , poor old brother who is on the job and he 's wondering why , are they gon na come and fetch my magazines or not , but because we need to devour that spiritual feeling , we need to keep up to date with everything that Jehovah 's providing us with . |
| 28 | ‘ In fact , ’ she added , ‘ I 'll come and fetch you on my motor bike . |
| 29 | The best thing will be to tell me where you are and Daddy will come and fetch you , or Mike will . |
| 30 | Want me to come and fetch you ? |