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

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1 No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 .
2 No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 .
3 So I intend to find out exactly what is going on first , before I even consider giving my consent . ’
4 ‘ Well , why do n't we see what 's going on first ? ’
5 It must be going on twenty-three years old .
6 They all speak excellent English and going on last year , are so pleased to be in Britain and so appreciative of everything arranged for them that they make an easy and rewarding group to entertain .
7 We just thought we 'd better come and explain what had been going on last night . ’
8 He had n't the truth out of me for going on three days .
9 Gloriously obliv oblivious of what 's going on next door , it could be a huge substructure , deregulation the new in thing .
10 If I 'd of had bi I 'd have phoned the police and told them there 's something awful going on next door .
11 Carl Lewis has called the 100 metres ‘ ten seconds going on ten years ’ .
12 Max Klein , its incumbent for going on ten years , revelled in those qualities .
13 ‘ Ought we to try to get away ? ’ whispered Snodgrass , whose mind had been going along similar paths .
14 She was going along one of the corridors when Travis caught up with her .
15 With a parallel interface all eight can be sent together with one bit going down each of the eight wires .
16 Becky Boo , come on find daddy this way , find him this way go on , ooh sorry she 's going down each aisle and shouting dad .
17 She 's going down each aisle shouting dad , dad .
18 Defeats are brought about out of such missed opportunities and Sarah paid the cost dearly , eventually going down 7–5 6–2 .
19 The debate which we will have will ensure that the facts are established , that a majority of Scots realise the dangers of going down such a dangerous road . ’
20 I do not rule that out completely , but I believe that we should consider the matter carefully before going down such a route .
21 During our game with Sporting Hydra Chemicals in which we trounced them before going down 1–0 , Duncan Pugh 's false beard came off in a goal-mouth fracas and he was questioned , at length , by referee Bobby Maxwell .
22 When this had been done they made to go downstairs again , but I was in front of them going down two at a time .
23 Just before half time , Kevin Leach made a terrific save from another Cooper volley , just tipping over to prevent them going down two nil .
24 ‘ Maybe a crafty old head would say , ‘ I 'm not going down that wing again ’ , but not Lee .
25 The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there .
26 Throughout the greater part of these districts the supply of water is intimately mixed , the pipes of both companies going down all the streets and into almost all the courts and alleys .
27 Is it that the fraudsters are the only section of society that is going to vote for the Conservatives er at the at the at the next election because certainly er the reputation of the city of London er is going down all the time because of the squalid frauds that are being perpetrated there a and the government is lagging behind er in catching up and in providing an effective regulatory framework er that 's that 's going to deal er with them .
28 ‘ I think out in detail what I 'm going to do , going down all the possibilities .
29 Are people going to have to take a medical before they can go down a street they have been going down all their lives ? ’
30 DAGENHAM and Redbridge went within an ace of upsetting their Second Division neighbours Orient in the FA Cup , eventually going down 5–4 after twice leading by a two-goal margin .
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