Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] go [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Nicola , who had shed tears of disappointment , said : ‘ Another two seconds and I would have been Olympic champion — the girl 's eyes were going red . |
2 | The receiver has gone in at only the parent company , and Sharp yesterday made it clear that seven of its 15 operating subsidiaries were going concerns . |
3 | These Daurog were going north ; they were themselves adventurers . |
4 | Glen was going mum . |
5 | Their hearts were going bang bang bang bang and the younger of the two had an excruciating bursting pain in the middle of the chest that stabbed every time a sobbing gasp came . |
6 | Other things were going bump in Presley City 's final night . |
7 | At the rate things were going Meredith could swallow up the budget for the entire year before the season was a quarter way through . |
8 | And people were going mate . |
9 | The television was going hiss and the tall boy looked at his watch . |
10 | A naked man was going crackers and had to be dealt with . |
11 | Saudi Arabia was going flat out at 10 million b/d , to the dismay of several members who would have liked this reduced to ease the market glut they felt the Saudis had created . |
12 | Pons said ‘ I had no idea when Jones was going public . ’ |
13 | If the line were to go overground from Stratford — presumably along the north London line — that line might have to be upgraded from two to four tracks , with a loss of hundreds of homes in Hackney . |
14 | Olajade was going places until he was badly beaten by Michael Nunn , but he will provide Benn with fighting experience . |
15 | Olajade was going places until he was badly beaten by Michael Nunn , but he will provide Benn with fighting experience . |
16 | When the Lennoxes were gone Maggie asked , ‘ Have you been home or talked to anyone else since arriving in Heymouth ? ’ |
17 | The rebuttal had done her no good whatsoever , her face was going blotchy , but she mustered all the sang-froid she could and continued , ‘ Since you refuse to be civil I shall not moderate my criticism . |