Example sentences of "come and go [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't imagine I 'm going to allow him to come and go here as if it 's his own home , do you ? ’ |
| 2 | She had been part of a long stream of women who had come and gone swiftly , lives collapsing in one area as they gained power and certainty in another . |
| 3 | From the North West , Mary Paterson reports that the Annual Rally and four teacher-training days came and went successfully , and that they have reluctantly exported Chris Oakes to the Isle of Man , where her husband has been appointed Chief Constable . |
| 4 | Sounds grew muffled and footfalls came and went softly and unseen in the mist , from where to where no eagle could tell . |
| 5 | Or came and went continually , or something like that . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But most of the other children came and went alone . |
| 8 | She guessed that , during her four months away , there had been staff coming and going as always . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The negative effects , however , were the less welcome members of society coming and going quite freely . |
| 11 | When his hand found the rounded contour of her bare breast under her blouse she shuddered convulsively against him , pressing her body forward , her breath coming and going quickly as he rubbed the raised bud of her nipple . |
| 12 | Alyssia 's body was still and she was conscious of her breath coming and going quickly . |
| 13 | It enables individuals to overcome some of the accessibility/mobility problems outlined above ; they can come and go largely as they please , use the services they wish and enjoy a wide range of social , business and leisure contacts , conditioned only by the time that is available for driving from place to place and the running costs of the vehicle . |
| 14 | Swelling is also marked ; rapid swelling , may come and go rapidly . |
| 15 | ‘ Even if Elaine did come and go very quickly , Miss Rose would have had something to do with it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do you think , ’ she said politely , ‘ that you could come and go more slowly ? ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They 'll come and go as well , . |
| 19 | Amy Brennan 's seen cleaning methods come and go over thirty years of service |
| 20 | She found a jasmine-scented corner of garden at the side of the house and sat down on a rustic wooden seat , watching twittering birds come and go fearlessly around a hanging seed basket . |
| 21 | The London employer of women , Straker , similarly claimed that " they come and go more readily , and they want more accommodation … |
| 22 | How could sea ice come and go so quickly ? |
| 23 | Very sensitive to pains which come and go suddenly |
| 24 | Very sensitive to pains , which come and go suddenly . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Neologisms come and go very quickly in spoken language but tend to be less frequent in writing . |
| 27 | Thus the early discomfort is described by one author as ‘ a sensation of tingling or pricking which comes and goes suddenly , as if a fly were settling down ’ . |