Example sentences of "going [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That is to be increased and perhaps there should be an increase in the sentence for hardened criminals going out with a criminal purpose and carrying a knife . |
| 32 | Trouble from racists who objected to a white woman going out with a black man . |
| 33 | But I 'm not going out with a bloody cold like this ! |
| 34 | She 's going out with a nineteen year old ! |
| 35 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 36 | When she was nineteen she had been going out with a steady boyfriend for three years , and they had decided to get married . |
| 37 | Never looks good going out on a falling tide . |
| 38 | You 're talking about er three thirty mil going out at a premium price , erm your one litre at an economy price and your two litre back at a premium price . |
| 39 | If I 'm going out for a professional dinner , something formal , I will wear an evening dress . |
| 40 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 41 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 42 | It was a pleasant voice , with an undertone of humour , and Alexandra was immediately jealous , envisaging Matthew and his secretary in his office , laughing together , sharing jokes about his work , perhaps going out for a quick meal before they both went home . |
| 43 | Enemy searchlights probed in from the sea , going out before a renewed burst of shelling and heavy machine-gun fire added to civilian casualties in the town . |
| 44 | He says he 's convinced he saw Mrs Maxwell going out in a small car . |
| 45 | So that that the leaflet 's going to be going out in a mega mailing . |
| 46 | I found it so interesting I will certainly be going back for a closer look . ’ |
| 47 | But behind him there was a large array of saints , customs , observances , and claims of one kind or another going back to a remote past . |
| 48 | ‘ In no way are we going back to a 1979-80 recession . |
| 49 | Darling — and I 'm sure this wo n't be inopportune — do n't worry about me , because I 'm really quite a ‘ happy warrior ’ ; it was the thought of leaving you , and the fact that you were going back to a hard grind , which prompted my outpourings . |
| 50 | , how did you did you find it , going back to a heavy engineering plant like after having been at for a while ? |
| 51 | Now they 're going back to a sensitive area . |
| 52 | Now they 're going back to a sensitive area . |
| 53 | Going back to a big house and long lawns , Jen ? said Michael Morrissey 's eyes last week . |
| 54 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 55 | It 's not much fun , you 're chained to the wall — it 's like going back to a medieval library . |
| 56 | ‘ Perhaps there is n't all that much fun in going around with a married bloke , after all ? ’ |
| 57 | sudden change in behaviour or lifestyles , for example going around with a new set of friends |
| 58 | So that 's why I 'm going around with a little machine and a microphone on |
| 59 | Sweets were produced and I remember going around with a bandaged head for a day or so . |
| 60 | If you stopped making up your face — which is a perfectly good one and needs no camouflage — and gave up going about like a languishing lily , and got that gory stuff off your nails , you 'd be your old self again . |