Example sentences of "went and [vb past] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | We said goodbye , and I went and waited in the hall , which was ablaze with the Matisse colours of Christmas decorations . |
| 2 | So I went and lived in public libraries and all-night cafés for a time . |
| 3 | I went and looked in the dustbin to see if he was back in there but . |
| 4 | They can be a bit thick at the best of times , ; you know that amphora you sent me ? well my lot only went and peed in it — I have to go now , Tony 's coming for his Osso Buco . |
| 5 | So I said I went and lay in the in these bull rushes and I got half a brick , yes , he says , and I saw them coming and he says and I threw it and hit him this er blackleg with this half brick . |
| 6 | I went and stood in the sitting room doorway , but I could n't get any further — my legs would n't move . |
| 7 | I went and stood in the corridor and watched the towns and villages flash past ; we went through Chalon-sur-Saône , Dijon and on towards Lyons . |
| 8 | I went and stood in the kitchen door , while he watched the vriki . |
| 9 | We went and stood in front of it . |
| 10 | I went and stood in the doorway of my office , indicating that I was ready to start work again . |
| 11 | If you went and stood in the same place now then obviously it would look different in that sense , would n't it so the background if you like would be different would n't it with high rise and maybe a different . |
| 12 | Well I went and worked in a factory for about nine months I suppose , and the man himself , cos it was casting , brass castings , the man himself says , he says look son , this job 's no good to you I 'll tell you that . |
| 13 | When we were called , we went and sat in front of the circuit judge , Shanti sitting on my knee . |
| 14 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 15 | I went and sat in the churchyard and wept for Mrs Mitchell and Nelly and prayed for myself to be forgiven and for them to be looked after . |
| 16 | I reached the square and went and sat in the Café des Chasseurs , where men with nowhere to rush sat smoking and drinking , blank-faced . |
| 17 | Tod went and sat in the living-room with this red-ribboned bundle on his lap . |
| 18 | I went and sat in the sun on the garage roof , now that it was quiet . |
| 19 | When she had put the phone down she went and sat in her bedroom . |
| 20 | Ali went and sat in the shade . |
| 21 | Horne , deeply agitated by a mixture of fear , terror and forced bravado , went and sat in the middle . |
| 22 | and went and sat in the corner of the bathroom and went , scowled at him for a bit ! |
| 23 | I remember this time after school there was a fight between blacks and whites ; I went and stayed in the toilets for a half-hour thinking what I should do and that 's when I really took a look at myself and thought about the white kids calling me names and the black kids saying ‘ come on ’ so I said ‘ all right ’ . |