Example sentences of "[is] going [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is , perhaps , a feeling that there are so many factors , so many interactions , that the whole system is going around in a circle , almost out of control . |
| 2 | But failure to appreciate the force of this distinction can also shipwreck attempts by observers to understand religion — to read correctly what is going on as a person performs a religious ritual or speaks religious words ( see Chapter 10 where an assessment task on this is suggested ) . |
| 3 | The computer turns its interpretation of what is going on into a television picture — healthy tissue is coloured green , tumours show up red . |
| 4 | The imperfections. of these methods of plasma diagnostics — the term used to describe the art of measuring what is going on in a plasma — gave rise to persistent difficulties and ambiguities until the late 1960s , when lasers had arrived on the scene . |
| 5 | About half a mile away an attack is going in on a hill , I can see Commandos advancing up the slopes , shells burst a short distance in front of the forward troops , probably covering fire from the British Artillery . |
| 6 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 7 | Because there is every possibility that if the fund payers determine quality , they will tend to overlook areas in which quality is going down as a result of financial pressures — |
| 8 | And you get silences on the phone and you 're thinking this is going down like a lead balloon . |
| 9 | Like releases , captions should be kept short and to the point and unless the picture is going out as a photo-story with no separate release , this means very short indeed . |
| 10 | And the Isle of Ely college is going out for a meal , so that wo n't be back , so he ca n't have that one , so we have n't got one ! |
| 11 | That 's because it 's going round in a circle — like the Shuttle , and me on my space walk . |
| 12 | It 's a shame it 's going on under a microscope , spotlight or whatever but erm . |
| 13 | Then he 's going off to a party . |
| 14 | We make do with the dole and Ellie 's going in with a friend who 's just started a café which 'll help with the food . |
| 15 | Alright , he 's going out with a girl called Laura , he 's coming onto her sister but he thinks he 's in love with Sally . |
| 16 | Some girl 's going out with a boy , he zipped her tent up over them and she was so shocked she pulled her trousers down by accident . |
| 17 | Nell McCafferty , the Derry-born writer and civil rights activist , poignantly remembered family prayers from the 1950s : ‘ God send John a job ; God send Jackie and Rosaleen a house ; Holy Mother of God look down on Peggy in America and Leo in England ; Jesus and His Blessed Mother protect Mary that 's going out with a sailor . ' |
| 18 | Joan 's just rung see they come over for , all of them come over for dinner every Sunday , and er Joan 's er Andrea 's going out with a crowd of them today she 's in with a nice girl a girl er married and the husband , he 's treats Andrea as if it 's a baby sister , so he 's more or less looking after her which is Joan 's very pleased about |
| 19 | Oh Mary 's going out for a drink as well . |