Example sentences of "go and [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to go and make daisy chains and eat rhubarb pie like we did in that magic , far-away land of childhood … |
| 2 | The involvement of members of the Factory enraged Warhol 's gay militant friend Ondine who confronted Morrissey : ‘ How dare you accept the $25 a day in blood money to go and make fun of Andy ? |
| 3 | I had to go and collect grandma you see to take her to the station , and I did n't have an awful lot of time so I just sort of ran round and collected whatever I got . |
| 4 | And thirdly , we shall be unimpressed with any claims to the Holy Spirit 's presence where men are unwilling , in the power and joy of that same Spirit , to go and bear witness to Jesus . |
| 5 | Everyone knows that English food is terrible , she stated : soggy boiled vegetables in white sauce , overcooked meat , I do n't know how your mother could stand it , having to go and eat stuff like that . |
| 6 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 7 | Now we 've lost a lot of resource erm in the clerical area , in this first quarter , t t to release people to go and do testing work we 've taken on temps . |
| 8 | So we had to go and do shopping just to get your butter . |
| 9 | For example , the son who is chosen by his family to go and earn money in a town and city may achieve a certain status in the joint family — he has been chosen , after all , for his abilities and strength of mind — but he has to suffer months , even years , of separation from his wife and loss of all contact with those who love him . |
| 10 | But still they used to go and fetch meat , there used to be horse slaughterers near |
| 11 | I had to go and fetch water from two blocks away at 5 a.m. before setting off to the market . |
| 12 | Joe had written to me suggesting that there was a post for me in Japan ( available through the good offices of Stephen Spender , who had just returned from there with a commission from the Dean of the Faculty of Letters at Tohoku University ) to go and teach English , in the poet-teacher tradition for which it was famous . |
| 13 | The squadron 's pub in Cambridge was known as The Bun Shop which , many years before , had been a bakery where undergraduates were able to go and buy alcohol as well as buns . |
| 14 | Well I 'm sorry Christine I 've got to go and get dinner . |
| 15 | I 'll tell all my friends to go and get tissue-typed . ’ |
| 16 | She had to go and help Ven ! |
| 17 | but I think for people to go and have plastic surgery of that length of time for erm any thing else other than medical reasons |
| 18 | allowed to go and have sausage and chips at a caff |
| 19 | Sarah made a mental note to go and see Janine . |
| 20 | You want to go and see nanny do n't you ? |
| 21 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 22 | Well I , I 've got a , got to a , got to go and play croquet but apart from that . |
| 23 | Daddy 's got to go and play rugby . |
| 24 | ‘ I used to go and play basketball at this gymnasium , ’ recalls Randy , as though it were only yesterday , ‘ and from there I 'd go over to this drummer 's house and we 'd jam . ’ |
| 25 | She nodded and turned to go and take care of the passengers , and the James Winterbourne character came out to meet her and also to talk to Zak . |
| 26 | Five years ago they invited me to go and spend Christmas with them . |
| 27 | That 's the only thing he ever done to go and catch weight on all wire . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you want to go and say hallo to him ? ’ |
| 29 | For example , er , if for example , you were doing something , I do n't know , say you s , said erm , I 'm definitely going to go and learn another language , I 'm going to go and learn German , let's say . |
| 30 | Then they had to go and pump water for the stock . |