Example sentences of "[n mass] come and go " in BNC.

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1 Aircraft come and go all day long ( with the exception of the afternoon 's flying display ) and moving aircraft in among the viewing public seems to be accomplished with the minimum of fuss .
2 All through the service , and all day and night , people come and go , moving intently along the walls , listening and reading everything .
3 On sunny days , when she had washed and dressed him , his chair would be taken out and placed under the Stocks Tree where he could watch the people come and go .
4 People come and go as they wish and people call there .
5 At night we sit in the cafés on the front , people come and go , there is an excited bustle …
6 I 've seen so many people come and go who 've put on this act of caring and it does n't last a week .
7 A pub is a perfectly obvious building to detect on viewing the house and even the most refined drinking place or restaurant is going to subject the surrounding properties to a certain amount of noise as people come and go , as is a large supermarket or a village hall .
8 PEOPLE COME AND GO .
9 ‘ For more than four hours Tally and I lounged around in the carry-out , talking , drinking coffee , watching people come and go , watching other hangers-on as they bantered with the waitresses , horsed around among themselves , or danced to the juke-box .
10 This is not the case at a rehearsal where the players are dressed casually , people come and go , some members of the orchestra are talking to one another , while others are sitting drinking coffee , tea ( or perhaps even soup ) .
11 People come and go . ’
12 We all know that species come and go with frightening rapidity ( in fact Homo sapiens has already exceeded the life expectancy of most species ) .
13 Near it is a fallen tree where I 've sat to watch the pair come and go . ’
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