Example sentences of "[was/were] going [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the front page was a story about an old man who had lain dead in his council flat for eighteen months until Gas Board workers had discovered him , a blurred photograph of some local women who were going somewhere in a body to protest about something and a larger picture of a council dignitary opening some sort of centre and looking pleased with himself . |
| 2 | The pipes were going well considering the damage inflicted on them during and after the landings . |
| 3 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 4 | At least if they kept going towards the sunset they were going away from the Ridgery and would arrive somewhere . |
| 5 | They were going away from the house towards the sea . |
| 6 | The preparations for The Human Angle , Dyson discovered , were going forward in a room on the first floor furnished with a sea-blue fitted carpet , a number of discreetly abstract paintings , and a walnut sideboard . |
| 7 | The DEA 's on-going , controlled deliveries were going right past the end of my desk . |
| 8 | And then there was these these thick er straw ropes going over and then there were the other which were going sideways along the roof to hold the thatch down . |
| 9 | They were going deeper into the green and blue heart of the Wolfwood and Floy felt his lungs beginning to ache and his chest pound . |
| 10 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 11 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 12 | The national press and media were travelling on the plane with Mrs Thatcher , but the local photographers and journalists were going directly to the airport ahead of time . |
| 13 | Her son and daughter who cared for her were going abroad for a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 14 | Time was getting short ; she must talk to Dana , and this time she was going right to the top . |
| 15 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 16 | I know that father he used to you see if he was going away from the island |
| 17 | He had left Marler in the bar , saying he was going upstairs for a shower . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the stock market was dominated by the fireworks display at ICI , which finally announced it was going ahead with a demerger . |
| 19 | I thought he was going well over the top , actually . |
| 20 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 21 | So that was going alright for a while . |
| 22 | In your letter dated Tue , 18 Jan 94 10:25:54 MET , you wrote : If I thought Wilko was going there with the intent to win I might feel a little happier , but with the form as it is I think we 'll wind up in one of those boring 1–0 or 2–0 defeats where nothing exciting happens in the game . |