Example sentences of "[prep] going [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As solid as a rock and a very tough competitor , Clohessy would have been a perfect choice , particularly after going through the pre-Tour fitness regime . |
| 2 | I finally got out of reception at around half-past seven , after going through the whole procedure , marking off all my stuff again ( which was checked before leaving Holloway ) , and a strip search . |
| 3 | He spent the first day in bed , after going to the Chinese takeaway to make sure he did n't starve . |
| 4 | Rory Finegan was reported to be considering going to the European Court . |
| 5 | Speaking from NatWest 's experience of the DTI report on its role in Blue Arrow 's rights issue , Lord Alexander said : ‘ I find it a simply awful process that people of 40 years ’ experience should have to resign on the basis of judgments in the report without having the opportunity of going through the regulatory process that you in Parliament provided . ’ |
| 6 | But equally you can create suspense out of going to the very edge . |
| 7 | On Saturday the pupils could enjoy the austere pleasures of going into the small granite town of Elgin , something Richard did not enjoy but decided to do because his injured feet ruled out most alternatives . |
| 8 | It 's a bit like that with me , except that instead of going into the technological future I had to go back in time . |
| 9 | I 'm sure you 'll agree it 's a matter of going into the right stock at the right time . |
| 10 | Instead of going into the green room , we went to the girls ' dressing room . |
| 11 | Yeah we 'll restrict it instead of going into the full year |
| 12 | Hitler 's war deprived Wooderson of going into the Olympic arena in Helsinki in 1940 as a hot favourite for the 1500 metres ; Budd 's natural progression was hindered by her country 's policy of apartheid . |
| 13 | Spurs play their possesion futba which looks good but is not at all dangerous — when they had chances for breaks they just kept passing the ball instead of going for the fast break . |
| 14 | They will take initiative for the sake of ‘ the poor and needy strangers ’ , namely those outside the church who have no intention of going near the institutional church . |
| 15 | It may be at a , at a truly rational level we can all perfectly well do all kinds of other things rationally on a truly rational level , because there we have this this er high degree of that comes with rationality , but at a deeper , kind of gut level , the emotional feelings we , we find that it 's , it 's much more difficult , and at that point if you do n't try and change things and do things that are unnatural , you find you 're kind of going against the emotional grain and er perhaps some people find it easier than others , but perhaps everybody will feel a certain erm tug as it were , certain erm discomfort or a certain emotional alienation from themselves which er perhaps is because we 're trying to do something more basic we just were n't designed for . |
| 16 | Though I believe that Darwin laid too much stress on biotic interactions as a promoter of evolution and extinction , to the extent of substantially dismissing changes in the physical environment , there is no justification for going to the other extreme , as several examples will illustrate . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
| 18 | The form allows applicants to state their choice between going to the local office of the department for interview , or having one of their officers call on them at home . |
| 19 | that everybody said it 's something about going to the back door . |
| 20 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 21 | As Jamie was 10 shots behind going into the final round at Crans , his regular caddie , Mark Steers , was quite confident that he had chosen a good week to take off . |
| 22 | Okay so there 's lots of showing somebody , actually demonstrating how something is made then doing it together step by step and as you say follow up with going through the whole stage not just making the plane but actually demonstrating how it works . |
| 23 | Her father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too emotionally involved in her cases . |
| 24 | Thomas ' father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too involved in her cases . |
| 25 | Very occasionally in going beyond the immediate subject a few minor errors have crept in , but no one else could have told the main story in so authoritative a fashion . |
| 26 | The Grand Union people , already very short of money , decided that there was little point at present in going for the wide gauge , especially as it was ( conveniently ) reported that traders preferred loading into narrow boats . |
| 27 | We have been successful in going in the opposite direction — in increasing the number of jobs and in making British industry more competitive in the past 10 years . |
| 28 | He liked Curtis and he fully sympathised with his motives in going after the crazed killer on his own . |
| 29 | He checked her face for sincerity before going to the other room , returning with a photograph in a fancy tin frame . |
| 30 | When breakfast was finished the Foley boys placed their plates and cutlery neatly on the hatch into the kitchen before going to the big room where all their coats , boots , shoes , school bags and often rugby gear had to be left . |