Example sentences of "went and [verb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We said goodbye , and I went and waited in the hall , which was ablaze with the Matisse colours of Christmas decorations .
2 I went and looked in the dustbin to see if he was back in there but .
3 I went and stood in the kitchen door , while he watched the vriki .
4 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 .
5 I went and stood in the doorway of my office , indicating that I was ready to start work again .
6 I went and stood in the sitting room doorway , but I could n't get any further — my legs would n't move .
7 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 .
8 I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it .
9 Horne , deeply agitated by a mixture of fear , terror and forced bravado , went and sat in the middle .
10 I went and sat in the sun on the garage roof , now that it was quiet .
11 I went and sat in the churchyard and wept for Mrs Mitchell and Nelly and prayed for myself to be forgiven and for them to be looked after .
12 Ali went and sat in the shade .
13 Tod went and sat in the living-room with this red-ribboned bundle on his lap .
14 and went and sat in the corner of the bathroom and went , scowled at him for a bit !
15 I reached the square and went and sat in the Café des Chasseurs , where men with nowhere to rush sat smoking and drinking , blank-faced .
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