Example sentences of "[noun sg] go [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 there is some change going on in the rural economy and perhaps he does want to interpret it as er a revolution which the communists can actually get involved in so he 's writing his paper and saying look , this is happening it may not be a rel revolution , but it
2 The bomb went off in the public gallery , destroying the visitors ' area and blowing a hole through an external wall .
3 Mains went along in the provincial games , playing steadily , scoring points ( he became top for the tour with 132 , 53 ahead of Bryan Williams and 77 clear of the third , Sid Going ) .
4 There was even the same poker game going on in the back room , a game I could n't get in on but which I could glimpse every time the same barmaid took refills through .
5 A nationwide alert went out in the Irish Republic last night for Patrick Sheehy , one of Scotland Yard 's most wanted terrorist suspects .
6 Two minor ‘ quakes shook Yokohama during our conference — as if there were not enough earth-moving activity going on in the plenary sessions !
7 The process of expansion which the press went through in the late 19th century did not continue beyond the First World War .
8 ‘ You should see the party going on in the forward dome car .
9 Taipei itself looked beautiful from the high balcony on which she and Florian stood , by night a glittering bowl from which the hum and roar of its mind-numbing traffic rose to compete with the sounds of the party going on in the large room behind them .
10 ‘ Plancius ’ was anchored some way offshore because of shallow water and reefs , so when the first party went off in the inflatable , we could see no land at all and had to steer by compass .
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