Example sentences of "and [verb] there [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I go and sit there while she works . |
| 2 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 3 | Take that stool and go inside to the cloakroom and sit there until you 're called by me to come away from it . ’ |
| 4 | Whether or not a witness should remain in court during the hearing is at the discretion of the court ( Moore v Registrar of Lambeth County Court [ 1969 ] 1 All ER 782 ) but they are usually brought in and remain there unless some application is made . |
| 5 | Go to the top floor of your house and remain there till the water goes down … ’ |
| 6 | Lin was born in Taiwan and lived there until he was 12 years old , when he left to study violin , first in Australia and then in New York , where he has lived since 1975 . |
| 7 | And Conroy dearest , go up to Mummy 's room and wait there till I come , and try to pretend that all the dreadful things that have happened are just part of the play . ’ |
| 8 | Go to your room and wait there till I — ’ |
| 9 | Get a small piece of paper and hold there as you do it . |
| 10 | Once the carbohydrate has been consumed it is stored as glycogen in the muscles and stays there until it is required for energy . |
| 11 | He became professor of anthropology in the University of London in 1927 , and taught there till he went on sabbatical leave to the United States in 1938 . |
| 12 | Now I 'm going to talk to you later , meantime you go down to Level Five and stay there until you 've come up with a plan to infiltrate Finland . |
| 13 | On more than one occasion he had had to remove a dead dog from the highway and take it in his barrow to the incinerator , and there were times when he had to take the place of a night watchman who had been taken ill on one of the larger roadworks and stay there until he could be relieved . |
| 14 | And when you 've done that go home and stay there until it 's time for the evening performance . ’ |
| 15 | She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again . |
| 16 | Do they go in a cupboard somewhere and stay there until the day comes when you 're in the ministry and you think oh those new magazines I 'd better get them , because we 're going |
| 17 | He came to see her father and advised that she be sent to relatives in Cork and kept there till the danger to her immortal soul was past . |
| 18 | Head-injured patients are normally admitted to hospital and kept there until it is certain that they are fully fit to return home . |
| 19 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 20 | A few sensed the power of Callanish and went there as the creatures did and felt the peace . |
| 21 | Then I locked the Laboratory door , kept all the staff in the main hall , and waited there until Dr. Kerrison arrived . |
| 22 | These slimy , dark creatures were applied to his back and left there until they became so full of blood that they fell off . |
| 23 | And then in , in the front you can go and sit there before you sit and have a |
| 24 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 25 | He became director of the Manchester City Art Galleries 1945–52 , and remained there until he succeeded Ellis Waterhouse as director of the National Gallery of Scotland 1952–70 . |
| 26 | when ‘ 777 ’ s flying days were over she was donated to a California Polytechnic Institute campus and remained there until acquired by Mr. Maloney . |
| 27 | Besides , I have the system installed and working there as well , so you will have first-hand invaluable knowledge of what it looks like and how efficient it is . |
| 28 | Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't bother buying a crib ; Rachel went straight into her carrycot and stayed there until she was four months when she moved to the cot . |
| 30 | Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master . |