Example sentences of "go and [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went and sniffed around the edges of the frosted glass back door : a good , clean , slightly sweet smell . |
| 2 | We said goodbye , and I went and waited in the hall , which was ablaze with the Matisse colours of Christmas decorations . |
| 3 | I 've started that , I 've got ta , just got ta I went and played on the computers yesterday . |
| 4 | He went and knocked on the door of Pete and Chrissie 's room . |
| 5 | Carter went and knocked on the door . |
| 6 | I went and looked through the gap in the curtains . |
| 7 | I went and looked in the dustbin to see if he was back in there but . |
| 8 | I says I sure of that and er I left and went and got into a row over it . |
| 9 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 10 | I went and said to the girl at reception , ‘ Tell Vern I 'll be waiting for him just out there , will you ? ’ and swung my bag casually as I wandered down the drive . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The friar , snatching the parchment from Cranston 's hand , went and stood over the hospitaller . |
| 13 | I went and stood in the kitchen door , while he watched the vriki . |
| 14 | I went and stood in the corridor and watched the towns and villages flash past ; we went through Chalon-sur-Saône , Dijon and on towards Lyons . |
| 15 | I went and stood in the doorway of my office , indicating that I was ready to start work again . |
| 16 | I went and stood in the sitting room doorway , but I could n't get any further — my legs would n't move . |
| 17 | He went and stood by the shower and watched Sophie in soft-focus shampooing her hair then turning her face to the showerhead . |
| 18 | He went and stood by the window . |
| 19 | Then she went and stood by the window , looking out . |
| 20 | Silently , her fingers searched in the dim light , feeling her way , moving over the polished surface of the table , then , straightening , she went and stood by the side of the door , a slender , pale figure , waiting in the shadows of the night . |
| 21 | She went and stood against the parapet at the far end of the terrace , looking towards the central ridge to the north . |
| 22 | She removed it with her fingers , then she went and turned off the kitchen light and sat slowly swinging . |
| 23 | Then she went and turned off the light . |
| 24 | Back across the road I went and peeped through the gap . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Canaris offered Schellenberg a cigarette and they went and leaned on a parapet over-looking the lake . |
| 27 | Leaving the engine running , he went and leaned on the railings . |
| 28 | Well I went and worked in a factory for about nine months I suppose , and the man himself , cos it was casting , brass castings , the man himself says , he says look son , this job 's no good to you I 'll tell you that . |
| 29 | When the servants left she went and sat on the sofa and stared at the attractive rug . |
| 30 | Jill went and sat on the windowsill , and swung her bare feet back and forth . |