Example sentences of "[vb past] and go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rose and went to the window , looking down the slope . |
| 2 | She rose and went to the window , still in the half-real state induced by daytime sleeping , and looked out at the darkening world where the yellow glow of a lamp in the yard showed Jem was milking . |
| 3 | Then Abbot Radulfus rose and went to the altar . |
| 4 | The two men rose and went through the minister 's anteroom into his main office . |
| 5 | Edward rose and went into the hall . |
| 6 | Several researchers joined the group , masquerading as believers , and were thus present when midnight came and went without the prophecy being fulfilled . |
| 7 | People came and went along the street . |
| 8 | Julia felt too ill to be interested in what he was doing , and in any case her mind came and went as the waves of fever rose and fell , but she heard Comfort say : |
| 9 | Oak forests came and went with the hawk 's wing |
| 10 | He would just came and went into the yardmaster 's office and had a word or two with him and then he would maybe ask to see the staff local representative and the local committee . |
| 11 | ( The Beans always came and went through the kitchen . ) |
| 12 | On the open deck in the stern , between life-jackets and coiled mooring ropes , prayer mats were laid out and men came and went throughout the day to pray towards the eastern shore . |
| 13 | Her sickness came and went throughout the day . |
| 14 | School came and went in the way that a school day usually lasts . |
| 15 | It was as if his seasons came and went in the phrases he wrote . |
| 16 | Martha and the Muffins and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark , both Wilson discoveries , came and went in the charts — and still negotiations dragged on . |
| 17 | The patients who recovered in these boxes and enclosures came and went like the inmates of any other busy casualty ward , but , of course , there were big differences : most importantly , there was no waiting list , and no one had to pay ! |
| 18 | God keep you , Solper , ’ he muttered and went towards the door just as Fitzosbert threw it open . |
| 19 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 20 | Kee turned and went to the door . |
| 21 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 22 | Vern stopped for a second , then he turned and went along the drive . |
| 23 | She raised her hand as a dubious Herr Nordern forced the car into almost the right gear and drove off with a curious jerking motion , then turned and went into the Centre with a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day . |
| 24 | He held up his own pair of rubber gloves to emphasize the point , then turned and went into the lounge . |
| 25 | She turned and went into the room again with Lee following her . |
| 26 | She turned and went from the room . |
| 27 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 28 | Melissa sighed and went into the bathroom . |
| 29 | Malik nodded and went to the back of the hall . |
| 30 | I nodded and went through the crowd towards the dome car . |