Example sentences of "[noun] going [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , seem funny a boxer going around with a tail wo n't it ? |
| 2 | She felt as if she were sinking deeper and deeper in her own panic , her whole consciousness going down into a quicksand while her body stood there , stupid with fear . |
| 3 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 4 | drain like light going out of a landscape . |
| 5 | Goodey making a change for the benefit of the scheme members paying into a scheme , rather than employers going away in a contribution holiday . |
| 6 | I remember during the Tet offensive going round with a transistor radio in my ear to hear the latest news . ’ |
| 7 | Two thousand homes could be powered by electricity from the wind if experiments going on in a farmer 's field prove successful . |
| 8 | Take your own advantage of the difficult atmosphere by realizing that things can not get much worse so it is worth while going out on a limb to say what you want to say without worrying about causing a negative reaction ! |
| 9 | ‘ In fact I 've heard Mauleverer going on about a tripe restaurant in Paris . ’ |
| 10 | It is more difficult to prevent the river going round in a loop and joining itself . |
| 11 | Royal Mail secretary Sarah McKay going out on a limb for charity |
| 12 | These are abused young children going back to a parent and troubled adolescents returning home from residential care . |
| 13 | You ca n't wear gloves — there is no grip … there is so much dust around the grinding machines — one of them caught fire five times during the past three months … then there is a fellow going around with a bottle of water . |
| 14 | There 's a garden going down to a stream . |
| 15 | At about six o'clock , I heard Dad going out to a meeting and presently Mum appeared with some food , but insisted I was to stay in my prison till morning . |
| 16 | Why do we need two nurses going round with a medicine tray ? |
| 17 | Sometimes , she would stare at them as they were talking and they would grow smaller and smaller , like a genie going back into a lamp . |