Example sentences of "and go [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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31 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
32 | ‘ Well , we always kept his room for him and he could come and go as he pleased . |
33 | I found Springsteen sitting on the draining-board gazing out of the kitchen window , which I have to open for him so he can come and go as he likes . |
34 | Here , he was able to come and go as he pleased , as long as he was in between 11 p.m. at night and 7 a.m. in the morning . |
35 | Hagans was allowed to come and go as he pleased and only days later , he raped and murdered council worker , Anna McGurk , as she walked home from her office . |
36 | I might just as well pack up and go if you ca n't even listen to things reasonably ! ’ |
37 | My stepfather likes these wild people , and they can come and go where they like . |
38 | A quick trip to stock the fridge , the larder and the wine rack and everything is set for a fantastic holiday , with the freedom to come and go when you choose , eat the very best available in the shops , try out the local wines and generally ‘ go native ! ’ |
39 | We are all too aware that fashions come and go before we have had time to get a grip on the underlying theology which informs them . |
40 | ‘ Shall we mount , m'Lady and go where we shall not be overheard ? ’ he suggested . |
41 | ‘ I shall say what I like and go where I like , ’ said Osman . |
42 | People come and go as they wish and people call there . |
43 | ‘ So we do have a few residents that still come and go as they please . |
44 | In Blind Corner Dornford Yates condemned his characters to days of digging for the Wagenburg treasure in a well so deep and cold that Richard Chandos comments on the absurd situation in which he and his comrades , who have bought the castle under the noses of their villainous rivals , live in constant dread of discovery , while their enemies , in possession above , come and go as they please . |
45 | ‘ They just come and go as they please . |
46 | He may let you do everything you ask : use a gun , use dogs , use nets , come and go as you please — and retain all the rabbits you kill totally without cost . |
47 | Screen-writer , you see , demands of studio , absolute solitude essential , come and go as I please , often not there , vagaries of genius and its errant locomotion , several forged references available from heads of Oxbridge colleges , principals of Shakespeare Schools , even one on House of Commons paper . |
48 | Come and go as it suits you . |
49 | She came and went while he was out , tidying up , laying the table for his evening meal , and no doubt reading his letters and looking in his drawers to see if he had a rupture belt or kept a stock of contraceptives . |
50 | They each came and went as they pleased . |
51 | She no longer needed a constant attendant by then and Annunziata and Comfort came and went as they chose . |
52 | An hour later , she was sent for and went as she was , still in the apron spotted with bits of meat and potato where they had clung to her as she fought for them . |
53 | People came and went as she sat thinking about this . |
54 | Kitty still came and went as she pleased , borrowing money from both her sisters as well as Charlie , and never paying them back . |
55 | He is a volatile character , far more so than me , and he came and went as he pleased . |
56 | Rufus would n't have bothered , he came and went as he pleased , and anyway did n't believe parents should be pandered to in this way . |