Example sentences of "come and [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly I telephoned him quite early the next morning and received a cordial invitation to come and drink a cup of coffee with him in his home in Lord North Street . |
| 2 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 3 | maybe , maybe , people could just be thinking or , you know if they hear of somebody who might be able to come and give a talk like your friend who , who was very good , erm , you know , we could make a note of it and , or ask people , you know , could talk to talk or something that sort . |
| 4 | All in all she got herself in such a state that it was a distinct let-down when she was met by Mike Booker , the team manager , although why she should have thought that the reigning world champion would bother to come and meet a flight at Nice airport was a question she was n't too happy to answer . |
| 5 | I wonder if your father would like to come and have a chat with me , possibly about your future ? |
| 6 | D' you want to come and have a look at him ? ’ |
| 7 | So I shouted to Paul to come and have a look at it and he says well the cheeky bugger . |
| 8 | You want to come and have a look at my potty . |
| 9 | The aim is to encourage parents to come and have a look round the school and it seems to be working . |
| 10 | I had just finished building a 16-track studio in my house and asked him to come and have a go on that equipment that even the very big studios did n't have . |
| 11 | er we have er a ski machine coming from Gloucester which is going to let people have a go and er get them in the right position , and when they do it right all the bells go off , so it 's a fun day for people to come and have a go on things . |
| 12 | He said well if you go and make the he said any time between now and Christmas , you 'll have to come and have a meal on the house , I thought I 'm bloody sure I will ! |
| 13 | Inviting people into your home to partake of food and drink can be a modest invitation to one person to come and have a cup of coffee and a biscuit . |
| 14 | Who would pay a small fortune to come and spend a week in a draughty Highland hotel miles away from the slopes , when they could get a package holiday to somewhere snowy , romantic and convenient in the Alps for half the price ? |
| 15 | I just went from person to person and asked if they needed help when a policeman asked me to come and take a look at Johnathan . |
| 16 | Edward Hirst , whose 11-year-old son is undergoing treatment for leukaemia , said : ‘ Our message to the Government is ‘ Come and have a look at the work that is done here ’ . |
| 17 | He came and had a glass of wine with us while we ate the meal he 'd cooked . |
| 18 | Well , the inspector came and noticed a hole in the roof and told us to mend it . |
| 19 | A plumber came and installed a row of six washbasins in the cloakroom with running water , hot and cold at each , though they still had to run across the playground in all weathers to reach the outside lavatories . |
| 20 | Impulsively she came and placed a kiss on Leith 's cheek . |
| 21 | What would you do if they came and built a hotel on this stretch of coast ? |
| 22 | Her father came and put a hand on her shoulder . |
| 23 | Barbara Norrice , who came and gave a session on teaching the disabled has agreed to staff the day . |
| 24 | And it became difficult , so in the end , rather than committing myself when people phoned up saying can you come and do a job for me , rather than do it badly and not being there and being unreliable I 'd say : ‘ No . |
| 25 | So anyway , she got over it and all she had to do she she tell her to stay in bed now for s so many days but she 'd be up again the following day and then the nurse 'd come and have a look under her feet and she 'd say you been up again she 'd say . |
| 26 | They may come and have a look at the baby , but the singing , the gathering together at night — it is all women . |
| 27 | And erm you can come and have a look at my books or talk amongst yourselves and we 'll resume later . |
| 28 | Asked by his doctor if he had recovered from flu , he said that he was fine but one of the clocks was going badly , and would the doctor come and have a look at it as soon as it was possible . |
| 29 | And then they 'll say , Right we 'll have a bobby in there in ten minutes , or , We ca n't get anybody there till such and such , so what we will do is we will secure a door , until somebody can come and have a look at it . |
| 30 | We decided , instead , to put him in an enclosure and to let the local people come and have a look at him . |