Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] going [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , he had been amazed by the amount of sludge being discharged by his pores , so before going back to the hot-rooms , he went to the wash handbasin and scrubbed his face with a will , and imagined all his blackheads disappearing down the drain along with the waste water . |
| 2 | I believe that it is only by going back to the basics and debating questions such as ‘ What do you want from the audit process ? |
| 3 | ‘ I think so , because I checked the door later before going down to the village , and it was locked then , and the key was in my purse . ’ |
| 4 | It should perhaps be pointed out before going on to the next set of examples to be discussed that most of the uses found with have admit of only one of the two interpretations given above . |
| 5 | The first thing was when I got there , my parents took me up there and the cow man was just coming back from going in with the cows , and he looked across at me in my sparkling white , new uniform , you know , land army girl sort of standing , ’ Ah , you be my new mate then ! ’ you should have seen my mother 's face ! |
| 6 | Sid Field asked whether dead ones were accepted and John Stanley sent in a Bob Dylan song , saying he was the only ‘ modern whose lyrics I coul get my hands on without going back to the Bard , and I thought that was n't what you wanted ’ . |
| 7 | It 's large a low level route , sticking to valley bottoms and passes rather to going up on the fells . |
| 8 | ‘ It was n't worth going down on the off-chance , or so I thought . |
| 9 | Chris Pike is back in the side to play Chester tomorrow after going down with the snuffles and sneezes . |
| 10 | To be honest I 'd rather be there for going out in the morning and |
| 11 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 12 | Instead of going on to the pillar-box , Auntie hesitated a moment , then took shelter from the rain in the doorway of a gent 's outfitter 's , just by the bus-stop . |
| 13 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 14 | After about a dozen movements have been learned , they are strung together in a kata sequence and practised over and over again before going on to the next set of kata movements . |
| 15 | I was already looking forward to going out in the evening — a few drinks and a chat to Jamie , my friend , and some sweaty , ear-ringing music at the Arms . |