Example sentences of "go [conj] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The green grasshoppers fittingly tended to go and settle on the green backgrounds , and the yellow grasshoppers on the yellow . |
2 | The parents were then encouraged to go and check on the sister to let Mary see that they were concerned about her and were giving the sister attention . |
3 | They You used to go and walk on the face in a morning an and you 'd rap on the face with your pick and buggers are green , ther they 're not ripe yet . |
4 | No I did n't like to go and step on the ! |
5 | ‘ When the weather gets warmer she will be able to go and practise on the piano in the home of the Misses Montague — we will let her know when this is possible . ’ |
6 | Did you used to go and help on the farm as well ? |
7 | Sir Jack Brabham says he 's never been so excited about a new motor car and the challenge is to go and take on the best |
8 | ( He goes and sits on the floor to one side . ) |
9 | The cat er likes it there , it goes and sits on the top of it . |
10 | I would n't mind , but it 's normally me that goes and sleeps on the settee and I do n't see why I should . |
11 | Crowds coming and going and jammed on the bridge itself . |
12 | I 've started that , I 've got ta , just got ta I went and played on the computers yesterday . |
13 | He went and knocked on the door of Pete and Chrissie 's room . |
14 | Carter went and knocked on the door . |
15 | When they had left — and Patrick had the grace to look embarrassed because he had no money with which to tip them — he went and tapped on the bathroom door . |
16 | He then went and called on a Mrs who 'd got a confectionery shop , corner of Road and Road and a hard luck story there , he got a few pound for doing out the sacrament , he got some money from her . |
17 | Canaris offered Schellenberg a cigarette and they went and leaned on a parapet over-looking the lake . |
18 | Leaving the engine running , he went and leaned on the railings . |
19 | He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest . |
20 | Patrick went and sat on the bed beside her . |
21 | Jill went and sat on the windowsill , and swung her bare feet back and forth . |
22 | When the servants left she went and sat on the sofa and stared at the attractive rug . |
23 | Instinctively he dipped his fingers in the holy water , a kind of regression to childhood , and went and sat on the end of a bench beside two nuns and waited his turn . |
24 | And then he went and sat on the blue dralon chair in the immaculate drawing-room , the bottle of scotch at his side , Rose 's dress draped carefully along the sofa as if she were in it and alive . |
25 | Then David looked up and , as though the desperate misery in his eyes had called out to her , Julia went and knelt on the hard , icy floor at his feet , reaching up with both hands . |
26 | Well if I 'd have known that before else I 'll go and land on the . |
27 | ‘ No , I wo n't go and sit on a mountain . |
28 | Alright Karen , I 'll go and sit on the toilet |
29 | Shall I go and knock on the door and ask ? |
30 | and it 's , and then you can book up and go and eat on the verandah or you can eat in one of the restaurants and just walk round and sit on the , any of the seats . |