Example sentences of "[noun sg] come and go " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could sea ice come and go so quickly ? |
| 2 | While waiting we watched a small number of trusted prisoners in ragged white cotton shirts , shorts and head-dress come and go apparently freely through the outer gate , engaged in errands or in work in the nearby gardens . |
| 3 | Times of trouble come and go — that is our lot . ’ |
| 4 | To avoid their notice , and give them time to get clear of the folded valley before he ventured it , he turned on a contour course towards Ruthyn , and kept in the fringes of the forest , watching the glint of steel come and go on the track lower down the slope , drawing steadily nearer to him , but some half-mile below . |
| 5 | London 's Docklands over the centuries has seen many ways of life come and go , but one has remained ; that of pests . |
| 6 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 7 | Fashions in teaching come and go because none have solved the problem of English spelling . |