Example sentences of "[noun] going [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speed limiting devices to stop cars going faster than 70mph and lorries more than 60mph could be fitted to try to cut fuel consumption . |
| 2 | So was there a drama club going in when you came here ? |
| 3 | And you 're also saying that , that there is some equalization going on because erm the tax rate erm and th th th the top tax rate , at least to begin with , is forty two percent , the bottom tax rate is only three percent . |
| 4 | Now if you notice Carol 's movements , they are always in a an upward direction and the reason for this is so that you do n't drag the skin , so when you 're whatever you 're doing with your face , whe , when you 're cleansing , toning , and moisturize , always try and keep the movements going up because you do n't want to stretch the face , you do n't want to make any any loose skin any looser than it is |
| 5 | It 's like Jenny , like Tracey said Carla was the best at She even said apparently to the big girls on a Monday there 's gon na be a lot of heads turning a lot of chat going on when Carla comes out . |
| 6 | There was a good amount of passing and creative play going on as well , which dismissive comments about long balls tend to cover over . |
| 7 | Or … maybe there 's a crusade going on as you said . |
| 8 | On Sampson 's behalf he denied that he had any history of criminal activity or mental instability — not much point going on if he did n't — and then with the records from the gun case drawer he compiled a list of the weapons that Sampson already possessed . |
| 9 | Mirrors are unfailingly useful in halls so that you can check your own appearance going out while visitors can check theirs coming in . |
| 10 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 11 | The union has managed to keep the strike going even though Siberian miners are pressing for political changes only , while miners in the Ukraine , where living conditions are particularly wretched , also want large wage rises . |
| 12 | This makes it possible to keep audio output going even when the read head is on the move and the CD-ROM is not being accessed . |
| 13 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 14 | I could hear the salvoes going over as Taff got into his trench and indicated that I should get into mine . |
| 15 | There 's not so much wanking going on as there was , now it 's all on offer , so everyone thinks eating saturated fat makes you blind , and they 've all got obsessed with what they put in their mouths instead of in their … ’ |
| 16 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 17 | The researchers could chase up forms , and keep the motivation going even when team members were hard pressed . |
| 18 | Carol tells of a life going downhill after she became pregnant at 14 , of a descent into doctors ' prescriptions ( ‘ Largactil , Valium , you name it … |
| 19 | Sad though he felt , there was a touch of comfort in these manifestations of life going on as usual . |
| 20 | it 's no good Chery going out if you ca n't talk |
| 21 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 22 | Yeah it 's a lot of effort going nowhere if I do n't |
| 23 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 24 | Yeah , I would almost say that upside down , there seems to be more flowers going down than up do n't they ? |
| 25 | Is Mark going out as yet ? |
| 26 | ‘ There has been absolutely no discussion going on as to how many Liberal Democrat bottoms will sit in the back of how many government Daimlers , ’ he said . |
| 27 | How 's your first year going then cos you 've nearly finished it now ? |
| 28 | And I 'm intending to , to hold a few more assemblies as well to sort of get interest going again because it 's been a while since we did an assembly on it , so if we do another one , that usually gets it going again does n't it ? |
| 29 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 30 | Why do n't you take that wet anorak off and get the fire going again while I make the drinks ? ’ |