Example sentences of "going [adv prt] of " in BNC.

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1 The stationery cupboard had not provided paper similar to that used for the note and when Richard Beales left a systematic search was still going on of shelves and desks where some might have been overlooked .
2 At the going down of the sun and in the morning
3 At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them . ’
4 As Maggie 's talking to me I mean you can see like my here I mean I 've got all sorts , as you would use that , those pages for , there 's notes as I 'm going through of things that we were doing and er the university and , and everything like that and there 's other parts of it that , I mean the , the things that you would come back to and elaborate more on
5 Good good a anything going off of note ?
6 Mr Oatley pointed out that because small producers were going out of business , up to 10 per cent of eggs consumed in Britain were being imported .
7 ‘ It is not for us because we are going out of this business .
8 He wondered if the effects of ‘ the electric ’ were wearing off and Byrne was going out of his mind again .
9 On the western side this was always an area characterised by a militancy which is presumably going out of fashion now too .
10 Things going out of control had been the spice of life to Evelyn , but upset Jane , with her love of order .
11 ‘ He 's going out of the wood , ’ said Philip .
12 She was going out of Thirkett on the Atherton Road .
13 ‘ No , ’ said Philip , going out of the shed .
14 For , she said to herself , standing momentarily , I am going out of my mind .
15 It is not my sister , it is I who am going out of my mind , and that is a terrible thing .
16 I am not going out of my mind , she thought , and if , at the moment , the outside world does not recognise me for what I am , my sister knows she has only to speak a word here and there , to take a decision , and who will listen to me ?
17 And , if she has a sister who is going out of her mind , I have had a mother eighty-nine years old and senile , I can not be said to deserve any further burdens nor to have failed in carrying out my duty .
18 But he continued to advance , for she was accusing him of going out of his mind .
19 ‘ It was so easy going out of America , I never realised it would be hard to get in !
20 About how Mr Harker was going out of business , which was why they 'd all been pushed harder than ever the last few weeks .
21 Is it worth going out of your way for instant cash on a share deal ?
22 As a result 5,000 farmers are going out of business every year and the suicide rate for farmers has never been higher .
23 My younger son had said to me , going out of the door : ‘ Remember , Mum , if you let the Labour Party back in , you will ruin my education . ’
24 And far from showing that the couple is going out of fashion in France , he feels his research demonstrates that it is still at the centre of people 's dreams .
25 One suggestion which spoke volumes , was for the erection of close-mesh wire fencing along the boundary hedges to stop balls going out of bounds , and another that a selection of books be provided in the clubhouse so that ‘ on the wet days there would be some occupation ’ .
26 Ironically , it was the eventual failure of the gas engine that led to the introduction of electrical power , the wheel finally going out of use in 1962 and sadly , being broken up in 1964 .
27 Aston Mill was the last of the Carrant Brook mills to be worked , finally going out of business in the early 1960s .
28 The shot we require is of an American Trident missile being launched from a submarine and eventually going out of control .
29 ‘ Of course arable land in some places is going out of cultivation because of erosion and other destructive forces .
30 ‘ Just a minute , ’ said Sergeant Davidson , going out of the street door with a bucket of water in his hand .
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