Example sentences of "to go and [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a command to stay put , but to go and make disciples of all the nations . |
| 2 | I want to go and make daisy chains and eat rhubarb pie like we did in that magic , far-away land of childhood … |
| 3 | The involvement of members of the Factory enraged Warhol 's gay militant friend Ondine who confronted Morrissey : ‘ How dare you accept the $25 a day in blood money to go and make fun of Andy ? |
| 4 | I do n't want it , I 'm not here just to go and collect trolleys for four hours , and the get really pissed off with it . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll be time for me to go and collect Maria soon — ‘ |
| 6 | We 've got to go and collect Dianne as well . |
| 7 | I 've just left grandma to go and collect Christopher from , from school . |
| 8 | I had to go and collect grandma you see to take her to the station , and I did n't have an awful lot of time so I just sort of ran round and collected whatever I got . |
| 9 | I 'd like to go and collect Kirsty , too . ’ |
| 10 | Right , the people who have not read an essay out yet , I want you to sit , just a minute Michael , next to somebody and I want you to read your essay to them and see what they think about it and how you could maybe improve it and I want Michael and John to go and show Steve your books as well now please , right boys do that now then , yes , could you take yours to show |
| 11 | There were less than three minutes to go and referee Brian Hill decided to call a halt — with a little help from Wilkins . |
| 12 | Christ appointed us , as His Church , to GO and bear fruit , fruit that will last . |
| 13 | And thirdly , we shall be unimpressed with any claims to the Holy Spirit 's presence where men are unwilling , in the power and joy of that same Spirit , to go and bear witness to Jesus . |
| 14 | An authority spokeswoman said : ‘ Of course we are not trying to tell people to go and visit Paris . ’ |
| 15 | Everyone knows that English food is terrible , she stated : soggy boiled vegetables in white sauce , overcooked meat , I do n't know how your mother could stand it , having to go and eat stuff like that . |
| 16 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 17 | And then before that boys used to go and gather cockles in the sand outside er not here , other side of you know . |
| 18 | Now we 've lost a lot of resource erm in the clerical area , in this first quarter , t t to release people to go and do testing work we 've taken on temps . |
| 19 | So we had to go and do shopping just to get your butter . |
| 20 | Outside , Ben was barking for Marie to go and chuck sticks fur him . |
| 21 | For example , the son who is chosen by his family to go and earn money in a town and city may achieve a certain status in the joint family — he has been chosen , after all , for his abilities and strength of mind — but he has to suffer months , even years , of separation from his wife and loss of all contact with those who love him . |
| 22 | Everybody had lived in villages , the Romans had to go and build towns . |
| 23 | A councillor has no right to a roving commission to go and examine books or documents of a council because he is a councillor . |
| 24 | Why , for example , one of the , the points that Freud 's book makes , is er when Wilson was confronted with a conflict , particularly with a stronger male , like an elder brother , or his father , he would retreat into speech making , and apparently he used to have a barn where he did it , and he used to go and give speeches in the barn . |
| 25 | But still they used to go and fetch meat , there used to be horse slaughterers near |
| 26 | I had to go and fetch water from two blocks away at 5 a.m. before setting off to the market . |
| 27 | It , it , it just went on for a lit a short time afterwards but er , but when the war ended course things , some things changed pretty rapidly as you can appreciate but , but by this time I , I was working for Ellwells then on long distance transport and we used to have to go and fetch tractors or bulldozers that had got armour plating on from Dagenham docks and bring them up here and start selling them to civic contractors and the , the Americans were selling a lot of equipment as well at end of the war , and I saw money made overnight like , people were buying the lorries and putting them on the road you know for work and transport firms and all that and they were getting some of them for next to nothing |
| 28 | Sheepishly , Nathan agreed to go and watch movies with Zambia , casting agonised looks after Ari as he followed hir from the canteen . |
| 29 | So are we going to go and watch Beverly Hills ? |
| 30 | John protests : ‘ I do n't think I 'm a misery but I do tell the kids to go and watch Neighbours and Home and Away on the other TV . |