Example sentences of "[noun pl] come and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , not only does the user have a better time , the support desk gets far fewer calls to come and deal with apparent equipment failures . |
| 2 | It is like the tiny mustard seed which grows into a sizeable bush that provides sufficient shade for the birds to come and shelter in its branches ( Matt. |
| 3 | If we can persuade birds to come and perch on it in a row fairly close together we have obviously made it much easier to see the wire . |
| 4 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that a high proportion of A level candidates came and come from such schools . |
| 6 | Wycliffe said that he did , which was something of a record , for Franks 's secretaries came and went with bewildering frequency , though all were to a common stamp . |
| 7 | Not only did they have to pay yasak , but Russians came and settled on their best lands . |
| 8 | The secret for any cat-phobic individuals who want to keep their distance is to lean towards a cat , stare fixedly at it with wide-open eyes and make agitated hand movements , asking the cat in strident tones to come and sit on their laps . |
| 9 | Tobias came and sat on them . |
| 10 | There 's no camels come and play in my garden . |
| 11 | The Safety Management System is a simple to follow 200 page manual , which hopefully will benefit Dounreay for many years to come and contribute to the reduction of accidents on site . ’ |
| 12 | Dealers came and went from his team almost weekly . |
| 13 | Around three trains per week were accepted by this shop , all carrying horse-drawn vehicles , coming from Goods Depots all over the country : Camden , Broad Street , Curzon Street etc , whereas it was the rule that road motors came and went under their own power delivered and accepted by the drivers from the depots concerned . |
| 14 | Boats come and go at the waterfront |
| 15 | In large transient hotels it is not practical to confirm in writing every reservation , as guests come and go at short notice . |
| 16 | Silly feeling , but you know how these weird ideas come and go in your head sometimes . |
| 17 | From the Hotel Cavalletto you look out on the most typical of Venetian scenes , as here the public rooms are bordered by a narrow waterfront where gondoliers come and go with their passengers . |
| 18 | The lorries came and went on a service road near the town ; on some days the bulldozer clanked back and forth , crushing the rubbish into the soft , orange earth . |
| 19 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |
| 20 | Tenants came and went with great rapidity . |
| 21 | Pounds come and go at Paisley |
| 22 | Businesses come and go with alarming frequency . |
| 23 | Trade marks are especially important in a fast-moving industry and it is very comforting to buy goods with familiar names when so many products and businesses come and go in rapid succession , as happened with microcomputers in the early 1980s . |
| 24 | Many of the faces are vaguely familiar from faded newspaper photographs of dark suits coming and going in Downing Street . |
| 25 | Three presidents came and went in those turbulent times . |
| 26 | The swallows came and went like carpenters , |
| 27 | Businessmen , politicians and academics came and went from it . |
| 28 | Stop the fucking cats coming and shitting in the garden |
| 29 | Names come and go in fashionable cycles . |
| 30 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |