Example sentences of "[prep] going [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifeboats also stood by the yacht Giaconda as it waited to refloat after going aground near the entrance to the River Colne . |
| 2 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is right that students be initiated into the conceptual apparatus , skills and ways of going on within the teacher 's own discipline ; and it is right that students therefore acquire the discipline required for the necessary understanding and competencies . |
| 5 | Calming myself I took it page by page , instead of going straight to the Rrap as I usually do . |
| 6 | It takes an hour and a lot of people do n't want to walk around the city they 'd like the option of going around on the bus . |
| 7 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 8 | As a Party we were losing nothing and , since the necessity of going slowly in the matter has come from L.G. 's own friends , I do not regret it . |
| 9 | The women had got into the way of going up on the deck every evening . |
| 10 | Instead of going closer to the nest and finding the genuinely helpless nestlings , the killer followed the apparently helpless adult bird . |
| 11 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 12 | But they remained Germans , always dreaming of going back to the Fatherland one day . ’ |
| 13 | One important thing about a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle is that it makes possible the equivalent of going back to the drawing board . |
| 14 | He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings . |
| 15 | Well , certainly people are satisfied with where we 've got to and want to draw a line underneath it and move on from there , and I think the prospect of going back to the constitution er issues , and they m once again being a key focus , I do n't think anyone in the Party , or outside the Party , sees the Labour Party wanting to devote itself to that at this time . |
| 16 | Especially if you do n't realize that till you 've got , till you 've got home and you realize you 've got to go through all the hassle of going back to the shop to complain . |
| 17 | at the Gateshead National Garden Festival from 1989 to 1990 that was alright , then last September 1990 and with the end of the festival in site I had a dread of going back on the dole as I already spent seven years on the dole previously through no-fault of my own . |
| 18 | It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police . |
| 19 | The idea of going out to the suburb with the dog track , and confronting the confusions and embarrassments of his past life with the formidable armoury of maturity and understanding that he now possesses , appears suddenly very sweet . |
| 20 | I do have to admit , though , that when I 'm working away from home it 's not a case of going out on the town — but going straight to bed to catch up on a good night 's sleep . |
| 21 | ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps if she admitted she was scared of going out of the room ? |
| 23 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 24 | The idea of going out in the garden to sit looking back towards the house was popular , as was the line of the path , laid in stock bricks in a colour best described as crushed strawberry . |
| 25 | I promised I would n't touch anything , having no intention whatsoever of going anywhere near the bathroom again . |
| 26 | Instead of going directly to the academy 's institutes , much of it is now awarded to projects by committees representing science and industry . |
| 27 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 28 | Yes , erm , presumably the training for a technical post in the pollution section will give kind of basic bacteriology , which will be , you know , essential for going over into the food section , erm I mean , what will become . |
| 29 | That 's for going round with the tape |
| 30 | What excuse could I make for going out into the garden ? " |