Example sentences of "going [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there are two elements which make the A fifty nine through Harrogate and Knaresborough such a busy road , one is local traffic , either having a destination in Harrogate or Knaresborough , or going between various parts of Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 2 | If he keep going about nervous because of |
| 3 | Mr Major said at question time : ‘ Decent families everywhere will have been sickened by that cold-blooded attack on innocent people going about peaceful business on a spring Saturday lunchtime . ’ |
| 4 | The behavioural view says we behave as we do ( for example not stealing , not hitting others , not spitting in dining rooms , not going about naked and so on ) because we have learned to behave this way . |
| 5 | And it invites the conclusion that rhodopsin-like compounds are a particularly favoured way of going about light detection in the animal world . |
| 6 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 7 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 8 | To avoid this aggravation , I used to spend my weekends going for long walks by the river . |
| 9 | My habit of going for long walking and cycling trips alone further exacerbated my reputation for oddness . |
| 10 | ‘ Our favourite times are Sunday afternoons , cooking , watching television and going for long walks . ’ |
| 11 | He remembered one time he 'd walked up here , in May , after she had started seeing him in the afternoons and going for long walks along the canal-side . |
| 12 | I 'm going for easy shots . |
| 13 | Plumer determined to take the plateau in four meticulously planned stages ; he opted , as he had at Messines , at each stage to concentrate his effort , going for limited objectives with strong artillery support . |
| 14 | Remember that we are adjusting to the track rhythm , not going for all-out speed yet — that would be risky . |
| 15 | Are you going for other interviews for instance ? |
| 16 | And therefore the schools should remember this when looking into going for other options , which may mean there 's very little difference between them and the D S O , and the fact that th that the profits made by the D S O will be lost if they have n't got that contract , and I think that 's a very important point that they should take on , and I think a lot of schools miss out on that particular idea . |
| 17 | At the time of our research one of the two most widely acknowledged and apparent problems for Shetlanders was one which was formulated in public and private discussion as good agricultural land going for new ( incomers ' ) housing . |
| 18 | Apart from the influence of many young voters who have no memory of what it was like to live under a Labour government , the biggest thing going for Labour in this election is an Englishman 's sense of fair play . |
| 19 | The going for Fuzzy Logic ’ s first outing … |
| 20 | About 17% across the programme are day patients in hospitals , going for industrial therapy perhaps in the younger age groups . |
| 21 | He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service . |
| 22 | And we did a lot of experimentation as far as going for certain guitar sounds and stuff like that . |
| 23 | WHEELCHAIR competitors in Sunday 's London Marathon have been told that instead of going for personal best times they must take at least one hour and 50 minutes to complete the course . |
| 24 | Alastair 's going for Front Street at Nottingham number five in the two twenty , Thomo 's going for General Pershing in the two o'clock at Cheltenham . |
| 25 | The £3m or so net of expenses that it expects from the placing will go to eliminating existing bank loans , which stood at £952,200 on November 13 , with the balance going for working capital . |
| 26 | If they 've never advertised before which is unlikely if we 're going for high fli you know high flier |
| 27 | ‘ We are going for maximum expansion . |
| 28 | ‘ They are going for maximum output from this reduced acreage and that in turn means that they have to use all the most cost-effective technology — including chemicals as and when required . ’ |
| 29 | She liked going for slow , rather stately walks in the summer evenings when the shop was closed and the children in bed , and I usually escorted her . |
| 30 | But whereas Gilford secured his par 4 , Spence could not birdie to force a tie , and Ames , in going for outright victory , was too aggressive and overshot the green . |