Example sentences of "going [prep] the wall " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the erm the erm oil engine would be in a little shed outside the barn , and this shafting would be going through the wall . |
| 2 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 3 | These have countersunk screw holes , pointing in different directions — usually two for screws going into the back of the mirror frame , and one for a screw going into the wall . |
| 4 | If you 're going up the wall with them if they 're not very well . |
| 5 | Some of the casualties had small circulations , but by the spring papers with an average circulation of about 50,000 copies were also going to the wall . |
| 6 | Only a secure supply of foreign aid ( over US$1 billion up to 1990 ) will keep the country from going to the wall — and that aid can by no means be guaranteed . |
| 7 | Asked to explain why his chain should be doing so well when so many others are going to the wall , Mr Myers points to stringent management . |
| 8 | A TOTAL of 76 firms a day — one every 18 minutes — is going to the wall , a new business survey reveals . |
| 9 | The amount of tax coming in every year has dropped by £30 billion , with companies going to the wall and millions of people losing their jobs and claiming dole . |
| 10 | But millions of battered Britons still face the grim prospect of dearer home loans , more house repossessions , longer dole queues and firm after firm going to the wall . |
| 11 | The cash it has taken from the likes of you and me has gone to cover its losses caused by firms going to the wall because of the recession . |
| 12 | Why , in 1989 , did we have a £3 billion trade deficit in building products against the background of building firms , building material producers and brickmakers all going to the wall ? |
| 13 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21pc higher than the previous quarter and 20pc up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 14 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21% higher than the previous quarter and 20% up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 15 | something that it , either it is successful in itself and it no , no longer needs to be subsidized or something that they want to see go to the wall , if they want to see something going to the wall , it |
| 16 | She 's used you before , to get her stuff back , to establish an alibi for when Jack was going over the wall . |
| 17 | So we get him back and he gets maybe an extra six months for going over the wall . |