Example sentences of "was going [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one of them said , you know , he said how , how the hell how the hell can they say which directions the fire 's coming from ? but they , I mean some of them were saying like this mate he run out , he was going across this patch of open space and the soldier obviously saw a soldier and as he did that apparently he got shot through there and out the other side of him . |
| 2 | And Jesus was going across to the other side to look for this man . |
| 3 | I knocked again and she was going off it , going really crazy at me . |
| 4 | I was going off her rapidly . |
| 5 | If I was going off him . |
| 6 | In a letter to the Irish premier in 1947 , while an extensive health bill was going through parliament , the bishops ‘ pointed out that to claim such powers for the public authority , without qualification , is entirely and directly contrary to Catholic teaching on the rights of the family , the Church in education , the rights of the medical profession and voluntary institutions ’ ( Irish Independent , 12 Apr. 1951 , quoted Whyte 1980 : 143 ) . |
| 7 | I was going through what could only be described a ‘ drop-out ’ period . |
| 8 | I got the impression very quickly that she was going through a period where she was experimenting a lot with what she could get away with as an individual . |
| 9 | A that time David was going through a period when he would n't fly , which was a pretty smart ploy because it gained you a lot of time between gigs , as you have to travel by some sort of surface transportation . |
| 10 | To a number of us the crucial omission was any help for industry , which was going through an appalling time . |
| 11 | I had n't let myself stop and think about it , but I knew there was something very wrong with me , and although I was n't depressed exactly , I was going through hell . |
| 12 | At the other a skinny youth was going through a pile of invoices , checking them against what must be a goods-inward book . |
| 13 | In reflection , Nicholson remembers that apart from the task of writing a film about a new subject on which there was very little in the way of written research material , it also came at a time when he was going through his divorce . |
| 14 | I was going through the figures . |
| 15 | Pop music was going through an unusually bright period as the NME mentality turned chartwards and championed such acts as ABC , Haircut One Hundred and even Dollar . |
| 16 | This denial was particularly important , since at the time the Thatcher administration was going through a bad period in terms of popular opinion on issues such as unemployment , social services , and housing . |
| 17 | I knew what was going through Tom 's mind . |
| 18 | King Don Ferdinand was going through Leon , putting the Kingdom in order , when tidings reached him of the good speed which Rodrigo had had against the Moors . |
| 19 | And while the King was going through Andalusia , having the land at his mercy , a great power of the Moors assembled together on the other side , and entered the land , and besieged the castle of Gormaz , and did much evil . |
| 20 | I was going through a military zone towards the Tenezrouft route and Mali . |
| 21 | It was unfortunate that at this period he was going through a protracted quarrel-by-letter with her and was generally grumpy and morose , especially if he had recently received one of her periodic letters informing him that it was ALL OFF ! |
| 22 | In an extreme case , she guided one middle manager who was going through mid-life swerve into working at a zoo . |
| 23 | ‘ How very kind , ’ Nahum said one day as he was going through his morning correspondence . |
| 24 | At last a smile began to pull at the folds in Sir Charles 's face , as if his cheeks really were wallets and his smile was going through them , looking for cash , then the smile turned to laughter , it pushed between his teeth , it was dry and rhythmic , it sounded uncannily like someone counting a stack of dollar bills . |
| 25 | She explained that Donald was going through a difficult time , ‘ We all have our difficult times , right ? ’ and Nathan would have to be patient with him . |
| 26 | I know that Geraldine was going through a phase of socialism , and inverted snobbery , almost , to put it unkindly but accurately . |
| 27 | And to cap it all , the Brahms and Beethoven so beloved of the buffs was going through amp stages by the score , before and during transmission . |
| 28 | ‘ I met him six years ago , as I was going through my divorce , ’ Miss Dale said yesterday . |
| 29 | We simply were n't aware of what was going through his mind at the time . ’ |
| 30 | One night , when I was going through a particularly troubled time , I awoke from restless , turbulent dreams , and , half-waking , had the sense of a woman sitting by my bed , watching over me . |