Example sentences of "[prep] going [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommy Mooney should have done better just before half time after going through but he rushed his shot and failed to even hit the target . |
| 2 | Lifeboats also stood by the yacht Giaconda as it waited to refloat after going aground near the entrance to the River Colne . |
| 3 | Paul battered John after going on a night of ‘ louting ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Trevor himself was taken off after going on as sub last season . |
| 5 | After going on to Nettlestead Green you cross the River Medway and River Beult to arrive in Yalding . |
| 6 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 7 | Every year on the Wednesday evening , after going up to bed , I used to stand at my window and gaze towards the fair some five hundred yards away , watching the flickering lights and hearing the screams and music , feeling quite sad that the show was over for another year . |
| 8 | After going comfortably for nearly an hour Pat Connolly reported that he was losing engine pressure . |
| 9 | Whilst there are no ‘ free wins ’ to be had in the Premier League ( with the possible exception of Swindon ) the teams we 've beaten have generally been struggling ( exclude Wimbledon from that — but we always seem to thrash them at home ) and those we 've drawn against have been relatively good footballing sides hence the need to comeback after going behind . |
| 10 | There was , however , no inclination on the part of the Maltese to take a more adventurous approach even after going behind and they remained keen to foil the kind of movement off the ball being displayed by Jess , eagerly starting an international for the first time . |
| 11 | Green was greatly encouraged by West 's suggestion that he should become an artist himself , and soon after going back to Manchester began taking painting lessons . |
| 12 | BRISTOL ROVERS midfielder Andy Reece moaned after going down 5–1 to WOLVES : ‘ There is no way they were four goals better than us . ’ |
| 13 | Dawson , who had become a Roman Catholic shortly after going down from Oxford , was an influential member of the group of writers which formed around the new Catholic publishing house of Sheed & Ward from the 1930s . |
| 14 | Chris Pike is back in the side to play Chester tomorrow after going down with the snuffles and sneezes . |
| 15 | John Phipps , 26 , and his 29-year-old girlfriend Joanne Johnson were in an MG Metro which hit a Toyota estate head-on after going out of control in Westcliff-on-Sea , Essex . |
| 16 | Australia 's Wally Masur also flew home with $100,000 under his belt after going out to seventh-seeded Czech Petr Korda 2-6 , 7-5 , 6-4 . |
| 17 | After going out to inspect the works already projected , he could only suggest a still further-out ditch to be dug , in the rock , for the greater distancing of cannon and balista . |
| 18 | On reaching the last train they found a colleague talking to a middle-aged man dressed in a light-coloured rain coat and flat cap who was assumed to have been overcarried on the last train after going out of service at Capland Road Station . |
| 19 | Mark Paul , 20 , went ‘ looking for trouble ’ after going out drinking with his flatmate Andrew Christie , it was claimed . |
| 20 | How do they fare at the hands of those who provide the services both in these later years and in the years after going out of care ? |
| 21 | After going out manicuring she started spending Sunday afternoons in bed and we could n't stay in the house nor play on the doorstep for fear of disturbing her . |
| 22 | The car transporter ended up blocking the A40 northbound after going out of control on a sliproad . |
| 23 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 24 | His case , involving an allegation that he raped another student after going out with her , has attracted wide media attention . |
| 25 | After going so many suns without food , I was sleeping . |
| 26 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 27 | She turned to me at one point , after going non-stop for twenty hours , and said : " I just ca n't remember your name " . |
| 28 | We also have links with Lothian Region Careers Service who come to the Careers Convention and who also interview pupils who are considering going straight into employment when they leave school . |
| 29 | Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said ‘ We are considering going completely against the current trend in the league and significantly increasing the amount of the players ’ budget , ’ he said . |
| 30 | WordPerfect is entirely owned by its top two executives , but is considering going public later this year or in 1994 . |