Example sentences of "come and go [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came and went so quickly that she might not have known it was him save for the flash of his yellow cravat under the gas-lamp . |
| 2 | She guessed that , during her four months away , there had been staff coming and going as always . |
| 3 | The four healthy children lay sound asleep , their breaths coming and going almost visibly in the light from the street lamp that came through the flowered cotton curtains . |
| 4 | The negative effects , however , were the less welcome members of society coming and going quite freely . |
| 5 | ‘ Even if Elaine did come and go very quickly , Miss Rose would have had something to do with it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think , ’ she said politely , ‘ that you could come and go more slowly ? ’ |
| 7 | Even from the beginning she had lain naked and adoring under the moon and Fenna could come and go as easily as the clouds did . |
| 8 | They 'll come and go as well , . |
| 9 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 10 | The London employer of women , Straker , similarly claimed that " they come and go more readily , and they want more accommodation … |
| 11 | How could sea ice come and go so quickly ? |
| 12 | While waiting we watched a small number of trusted prisoners in ragged white cotton shirts , shorts and head-dress come and go apparently freely through the outer gate , engaged in errands or in work in the nearby gardens . |
| 13 | Neologisms come and go very quickly in spoken language but tend to be less frequent in writing . |