Example sentences of "come [adv] and [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 2 | I wondered if you 'd care to come along and have a cup of tea in my room . |
| 3 | erm we 're always looking for people to come along and have a go so if you wan na put your name down you can have a Saturday night and spin those wheels . |
| 4 | They like us to come along and have a stand erm which we do sometimes , and erm it also follows on , the insurance companies then step in because very often the organisers will take out a pluvious insurance to erm fend themselves off against loss of income because of wet weather , and we provide the information to the insurance companies of how much rain fell in the vicinity of that show , and this sort of thing . |
| 5 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 6 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 7 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 8 | Dr Maurice Hankey , land use specialist with the Scottish Landowners ' Federation , said : ‘ Water services in Scotland are unique in Great Britain in that they have the right to come in and lay a water sewerage pipe without the landowner 's consent . |
| 9 | ‘ Water services in Scotland … have the right to come in and lay a water sewerage pipe without the landowner 's consent . ’ |
| 10 | They they will have the same script almost and say this is a free of charge item , all we need from you is this this and this and if you 're interested I 'm gon na ask a marketing executive to come in and agree a contract with you . |
| 11 | They finished ‘ Christians awake ’ and we begged them to come in and have a glass of wine and a mince pie with us . |
| 12 | ‘ I felt I had to come in and have a drink , because I did need one so . |
| 13 | D' you — d' you want to come in and have a cup of tea ? ’ |
| 14 | That 's right , I just , I always say to them you 're welcome to come in and have a coffee you know , I do n't really , I 've got me own views , I 'm not really interested in what you 've got to tell me , I know all about it , but you know you 're welcome to come in |
| 15 | Then why not come down and have a day 's shooting next Saturday , ’ Fraser suggested . |
| 16 | Mini-Enterprise is an opportunity for a group of young people to come together and make a product for sale , or market a service . |
| 17 | Rather , I conclude by inviting all of us whose activism is shaped by our concern for what is happening to the other animals to make a renewed , conscientious , patient and determined effort to come together and forge a common agenda , even as we work , both as individuals and organisations , on projects that are uniquely our own . |
| 18 | I 'm prepared for people who actually prepare to make comments yes I think you 've got to limit the time and make comments not particularly what people get up and speak for ten minutes I do n't think it 's fair on the people this evening who 've come along and put a question about why are n't you doing certain things I think that 's and I do n't want those people to actually come to a solution . |
| 19 | It was a centre in Peterborough who immediately urged us to come down and have a look round . |
| 20 | So I contacted them and was told to come down and have a chat . |
| 21 | He says I 'll get her to come over and have a chat with you . |
| 22 | Well it 's good fun , you 'll have to join us , you 'll have to come through and have a look . |
| 23 | If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : |
| 24 | The moon had come up and laid a greenish iridescence on the surface of the lake . |
| 25 | So he 's waiting for you to come up and have a look at it . |
| 26 | ‘ It was good to come back and give a good performance here . ’ |
| 27 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 28 | Disillusioned with the cottage and its problems , he had boarded up the windows and returned to Toronto , meaning eventually to come back and make a final decision about his ill-advised purchase . |
| 29 | Er Madam Speaker , I understand the position you ma you the point you make about er ministers det er determining whether they 're going to make a statement by an oral statement or by a written parliament question , but surely the speaker does have power if he or she so determines to summon er a minister here and particularly if there 's pressure in parliament to require a minister to come here and make a statement , that must be right . |
| 30 | It is , and that is the advantage of Kuwait , and that is one thing which which perhaps the world should appreciate , that we were a haven for ex-patriots to come there and make a living and work . |