Example sentences of "[noun] going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a terrible rumpus going on outside . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Kilbourn said : ‘ The main problem is cars going too fast . |
| 3 | But the starry-eyed youngster and his mother , Fawns , got a real taste of the big time when they saw last night 's programme going out live from the control room of Studio One at Television Centre . |
| 4 | We saw on Monday , factory gate prices going up less than people expected , today , prices in the shops going up less than people expected . |
| 5 | And the the boat going underneath just er at the right sort of time . |
| 6 | I thought that , in spite of the noise of the birds , I would have heard a hammer going down there along the cliffs . |
| 7 | ‘ This is intrusive , see , there 's the fault going up there and squirts of lava coming down . ’ |
| 8 | No it 's warehouse units going up there , I thought it was gon na be housing , more houses . |
| 9 | Thus high values of B seem to be associated with unusual situations and drivers going relatively slowly ( i.e. in these cases subjects are more likely to say ‘ No ’ than ‘ Yes ’ when they are in fact unsure whether they saw the film previously ) . |
| 10 | Police blamed the crash on drivers going too fast and too close in freezing fog . |
| 11 | The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast for the road conditions that exist in our village . |
| 12 | It is always possible that despite all the behaviour there are actually no sensations going on there at all , or at least different ones from those we imagine . |
| 13 | The hardships that Ceauşescu imposed were not only necessary to provide the funds and material for everything from the House of the People ( to which they would be denied access ) to canals without traffic and power-stations without fuel , but also formed part of the folk-wisdom of tyrants going back much further in history than Ceauşescu 's own model , Stalin . |
| 14 | Ooh there 's a delicate little drawing going on here . |
| 15 | She had nearly had heart failure at the thought of Garry going up there . |
| 16 | The boots are finished with a long , broad ribbon that is wrapped around the ankle , being raised to go over the join of boot and trouser if there is a danger of wet snow going down inside . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've got a full-scale search going on now . |
| 18 | The Abyssinians could claim an uninterrupted succession going back more than two thousand years ; in Africa , only Egypt had a more ancient civilization . |
| 19 | When 's the kids going out tonight ? |
| 20 | As the three important conditions ( see above ) vary , he must be ready to buy extra stock , top pastures with a mower to prevent the grass from growing to stem and seed and to encourage the nutritious leafy portion , make hay , or on occasion buy in oil cake or other succulent feed to keep his animals going steadily ahead . |
| 21 | No , it was n't this that got on his nerves , but the monotony of his surrounding , the long , long road through the camp , the huts going off here and there , the airfield dotted with little planes , looking like toys , the new hall that was used for entertainments , pictures and the church services , standing out like a sore thumb . |
| 22 | Whatever made you think that the idea — of course quite impossible , though for the sake of argument we will not imagine it so — myself and Edward going away together was simply unconventional . |
| 23 | Some of the direction is rather nifty and it 's also go the benefit of being very well shot , but then there 's a such a hell of a lot of the other type of shooting going on here it 's pretty difficult to notice . |
| 24 | Some of the direction is rather nifty and it 's also go the benefit of being very well shot , but then there 's a such a hell of a lot of the other type of shooting going on here it 's pretty difficult to notice . |
| 25 | ‘ All dressed ready for your important engagement , I see , ’ he drawled , his eyes going once more over her bedroom attire , and , if that was n't enough to ignite sparks of fury in her , his mocking tone abruptly fell away as his glance went from her and to the hall — in which direction she knew he was aware there was at least one bedroom . |
| 26 | All kinds of signals going up there to the score board . |
| 27 | I was not angry or upset so much as concerned by the lads going so far in the wrong direction . |
| 28 | ‘ I think ’ , said Mrs Quigley , sniffing the stale parlour with her long , dog 's nose , ‘ that there 's a bit of play-acting going on here ! ’ |
| 29 | To be honest you 'd be better off instead of aiming for Watford going straight across . |
| 30 | The still small voice suggests a quiet listening , a quietening of the noises in the heart , as well as the noises going on outside . |