Example sentences of "[prep] going [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Calming myself I took it page by page , instead of going straight to the Rrap as I usually do . |
| 4 | Instead of going closer to the nest and finding the genuinely helpless nestlings , the killer followed the apparently helpless adult bird . |
| 5 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 6 | But they remained Germans , always dreaming of going back to the Fatherland one day . ’ |
| 7 | One important thing about a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle is that it makes possible the equivalent of going back to the drawing board . |
| 8 | He could n't stand the idea of going back to the section-house , so he had taken a series of private lodgings . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Instead of going directly to the academy 's institutes , much of it is now awarded to projects by committees representing science and industry . |
| 13 | Yeah but I 'm talking about going up to the gym . |
| 14 | ‘ Such as going back to the house and making love to you until you start begging for mercy . ’ |
| 15 | So the salt you can remember it through going back to the acid plus alkali reaction , it 's the same one you get there . |
| 16 | It was peaceful with the plop-of the gas fire and the dark sky outside through the window , for like many old people Doris did not draw her curtains till late and Linda did not feel like going back to the bustle of tea-time , but she could n't keep them waiting for their tea . |
| 17 | But you do need to do good voice and movement workouts — it 's like going back to the keyboard for a musician . |
| 18 | Now when you went in you were carrying out a plan with you very close behind going down to the bedroom . |
| 19 | Just going , you were talking about decorations , with going back to the school , we were talking previously about school , |
| 20 | As in After Strange Gods , he is concerned in his conclusion with a return to sources , that is with going back to the savage and working forwards towards his solution to the problem– of modern industrial life ; again such a movement is presented in terms of a familiar encounter . |
| 21 | ‘ There was no point in going back to the hotel . |
| 22 | A land-based board mounted on a turntable device which is used to teach the basics before going on to the water . |
| 23 | That evening the Parsons were meeting friends for an early meal before going on to the opera . |
| 24 | She was visiting her mother before going on to the hospital to feed the baby . |
| 25 | Make it a rule always to check with the scorekeeper before going on to the area . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When Robert came up , before going through to the dressing-room he rang for brandy . |
| 28 | It was the last of his nightly chores and he looked around once more to make certain that he had not forgotten anything before going up to the room where his young wife was resting . |
| 29 | One night when his parents were out David returned to the scene ; as expected everything was quiet not even a walker with a dog was passing through , David cautiously approached the old hut , he peered through a crack in the battens before going round to the door which to his surprise was ajar . |
| 30 | One lady remembered the processions to the Preaching Cross in Towngate , where there would be a short address before going back to the church . |