Example sentences of "[verb] and go [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The other big name to come and go after the Cup final was Keith Curle when the price is right .
2 A quick trip to stock the fridge , the larder and the wine rack and everything is set for a fantastic holiday , with the freedom to come and go when you choose , eat the very best available in the shops , try out the local wines and generally ‘ go native ! ’
3 You are free to come and go as you wish .
4 She may well have lived in her parents ' house before her enclosure : when she describes the circumstances of her visions in The Revelations of Divine Love , she says that there were a large number of people round her bed and that priests were able to come and go as they pleased , which would not always have been possible in an anchorage .
5 We were even able to come and go as we pleased , taking full advantage of the splendid local restaurants .
6 Their newly acquired rights ( to come and go as they pleased , to own and dispose of property , to buy and sell goods ) contributed to the growth of trade and also strengthened the economic power of the burgesses in relation to that of the nobility .
7 Yet , in contrast to official policy , Contact staff allowed users to come and go as they pleased in the centres .
8 She snapped that she was entitled to come and go as she pleased and said an old friend had offered to buy her supper .
9 She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting .
10 I hate to burst your royal bubble , Excellency , but I 'm free to come and go as I please . ’
11 Here , he was able to come and go as he pleased , as long as he was in between 11 p.m. at night and 7 a.m. in the morning .
12 Once the badgers have adapted to their new homes the fences will be removed and they 'll be free to come and go as they please .
13 Hagans was allowed to come and go as he pleased and only days later , he raped and murdered council worker , Anna McGurk , as she walked home from her office .
14 But Hepzibah says if they ever had to leave and go where there were strangers about who did n't understand his sensitive ways , then he might have to be — well — what he said ] ’ He nodded at Frederick and said , in a low voice , ‘ Shut up in a mad house , or something . ’
15 My stepfather likes these wild people , and they can come and go where they like .
16 Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white .
17 We keep open house here and they can come and go as they please before settling down , as many do , after a few attempts .
18 Geoff Allen , who has served Northampton as player and official for 30 years , said : ‘ What does stick in the throat is that Shelford , who has made our leading players better players , will probably have to sit on his backside while apparently some other overseas players can come and go as they please . ’
19 He assumed that he could come and go as he wanted , without worrying over-much about their opinions or needs .
20 She liked having a place of her own , where she could come and go as she pleased .
21 It still was n't time to let them come and go as they pleased .
22 ‘ It is no use ’ , she stated ‘ letting the poor come and go as they think , to be helped or not as the charitable choose . ’
23 PLAYER : I can come and go as I please .
24 10 Because there are many groups and interests in society ; because groups can come and go as they wish ; and because they all enjoy some measure of influence in particular issues , politics is fluid and everchanging and the policy process is best characterised as one involving bidding , bargaining , negotiation , accommodation , compromise , and checks and balances .
25 She and Bernard could come and go as they pleased , partly thanks to Ruby and Molly , two local women who kept Rhydoldog clean and checked each day for telexes which might announce the Ashley 's return , in which case the beds would be aired and food prepared .
26 " Mother , he may come and go as he pleases .
27 As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’
28 ‘ Since this is my boat , I would remind you I can come and go as I please . ’
29 ‘ Well , we always kept his room for him and he could come and go as he pleased .
30 I found Springsteen sitting on the draining-board gazing out of the kitchen window , which I have to open for him so he can come and go as he likes .
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