Example sentences of "go and [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to go and knock on her door , cos she ca n't hear you shouting . |
| 2 | They had arranged a tenant but been let down , and Signor Fixit had promised to go and sit in their villa , having let his own house . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ It encourages the children to go and talk to their grandparents and great-grandparents and other old people about their days at school . |
| 4 | I 'm going to go and wave to your mummy , seeing as no one else will ! |
| 5 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 6 | Syl was away all day with our host , shooting something , and I was too shy to say I was tired and would like to go and sleep in my room . |
| 7 | plus you have n't got the convenience of being able to go and get in your car |
| 8 | You do n't like , you , I want you to go and look at your bedroom . |
| 9 | ‘ But now you mention it , I 'm going to go and look in her bedroom too . |
| 10 | I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it . |
| 11 | None of the children wanted to go and live with their birth parents , but simply to keep contact . |
| 12 | ‘ I would have had it done , ’ said the owner , a small , pale woman , ‘ but I 'm selling up to go and live with my sister and it did n't seem worth it . ’ |
| 13 | I came out of the orphanage to go and live with my mother and I found myself one of the family of six living in one room , the house was a four roomed house plus a scullery . |
| 14 | They are expected to go and live in their husbands ' countries . |
| 15 | He knelt down by her , then went and looked at his child . |
| 16 | Instead , she went and stood by her bedroom window , staring out into the street below , where the lamps cast their pale orange light over the pavement . |
| 17 | I could , I used to run it down and er , and that 's the only reason me mother would let me , but they was pleased as punch when I stopped and went and worked for me dad again . |
| 18 | I did enjoy physics , but I found geography a lot easier , and I went and spoke to my careers worker at school . |
| 19 | I went and sat by her bed and held her hand and let her cry and forgave her and defended her with Daddy and Minny . |
| 20 | When she had put the phone down she went and sat in her bedroom . |
| 21 | Finally he broke away and went and squatted on his haunches by the stream . |
| 22 | I shall go and change into my blue dress , just for a little while . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll go and change into my bikini , ’ she mumbled . |
| 24 | I 'll go and sleep on his sofa in the lounge . ’ |
| 25 | Well Michael 's got ta go and sit with his team over there . |
| 26 | did you go and knock on her door to see where we were ? |
| 27 | ‘ Besides , ’ Becky adds , ‘ if we waited until we got to Bournemouth , Molly would be insulted if we did n't go and eat at her hotel . |
| 28 | If he did as you say , he would have calculated what she would do : when he did n't go in to her and hold her hand she would go and tap on his door , because he never entered the house without visiting her , wherever she was . |
| 29 | And they had been asked if they wanted to stay in the fort , since more soldiers had now been put into it , but they thought , since they could n't fight , they would rather go and hide with their people . |
| 30 | " Oh , I 've got a funny feeling in my toe , so we must all go and stand on our heads ! " |