Example sentences of "were going [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the front page was a story about an old man who had lain dead in his council flat for eighteen months until Gas Board workers had discovered him , a blurred photograph of some local women who were going somewhere in a body to protest about something and a larger picture of a council dignitary opening some sort of centre and looking pleased with himself . |
| 2 | The preparations for The Human Angle , Dyson discovered , were going forward in a room on the first floor furnished with a sea-blue fitted carpet , a number of discreetly abstract paintings , and a walnut sideboard . |
| 3 | I think the army thought they were going in to a situation where they could they could help , they saw themselves if you like as the referees er as a neutral party in between two sides . |
| 4 | They were going out for a west end meal in the evening . |
| 5 | Good companies as well as bad were going under as a result of falling markets and bad debts , said BCC policy director Richard Brown . |
| 6 | Her son and daughter who cared for her were going abroad for a fortnight 's holiday . |