Example sentences of "[noun sg] went and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The priest went and shook hands with Karlinsky . |
| 2 | Just when you thought there was no one watching over nomes , the universe went and tried to prove you wrong … |
| 3 | ‘ What I 'm sayin' is , the fuckin' fool went and sold out to Penumbra — bad lady twice over . |
| 4 | And then the silly little girl went and believed the glib tales she was told by the great Australian male , did n't she ? |
| 5 | we did have a winner at the weekend … young chap by the name of Nigel Mansell driving for the Oxfordshire based Williams team went and won the South African Grand Prix |
| 6 | Daddy went and fetched |
| 7 | And this old chassis had been built up so that this bearing lay on that and it was turned by and electric motor and all that and the boring bar went tool went and bored this bearing out and travelled along on its own its own It was fed off course . |
| 8 | The Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls , who on finding one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it . |
| 9 | told his wife and his wife went and had a go at him |
| 10 | The landlord went and got 'em a snack if they liked one . |
| 11 | I lit a Gauloise as the bell went and prepared to meet my doom . |
| 12 | So his , his colleague went and opened the door to the kitchen from the lounge and opened the back door . |
| 13 | Her breath went and left her gasping for air . |
| 14 | In the end my sister went and got Sister upstairs . |
| 15 | However the board went and sold Batts : - I do n't know much about Tinkler is he more in the Batts or Strach mould ? |
| 16 | But some bastard went and stole my pens and paper . ’ |
| 17 | Until some bloody Fauve went and painted me mauve |
| 18 | And the union had the meeting and the union went and told the boss that we 're having so many more men here and that was it you see . |
| 19 | ‘ Me ma went and dropped me there then died without so much as a word . |
| 20 | And Grandfather went and spoke to him , and got talking about one or two things ; and my grandfather said : |
| 21 | Kington from herefordshire went and won the village knockout cup at Lords on sunday |
| 22 | Kington from herefordshire went and won the village knockout cup at Lords on sunday |
| 23 | Old Mrs Gardner , who ran the post office and general store — the only shop in the small Scottish village — knew where most of Mom 's widow 's pension went and suggested I should persuade her to sign a consent form , allowing me to collect the pension . |
| 24 | It was er , erm was n't it Newcey brown ale went and sponsored Newcastle ? |
| 25 | there and then we went back had a shower went and had something to eat cos it was only like bed , breakfast and evening meal , went and had something to eat and then |
| 26 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
| 27 | Yes , exactly , I 've spent time in Russia , this guy went and put a model in these situations . |
| 28 | My brother went and fucked himself ! |