Example sentences of "[noun] going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Kilbourn said : ‘ The main problem is cars going too fast . |
| 2 | And the the boat going underneath just er at the right sort of time . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Police blamed the crash on drivers going too fast and too close in freezing fog . |
| 5 | The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast for the road conditions that exist in our village . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I was not angry or upset so much as concerned by the lads going so far in the wrong direction . |
| 10 | To be honest you 'd be better off instead of aiming for Watford going straight across . |
| 11 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 12 | She could not be sure of it , but just after he entered , she thought she heard footsteps going softly away down the corridor . |
| 13 | After lunch going progressively easier , went back on to piste , sandy but rocky at bottom of tyre-tracks . |
| 14 | We begin with Belbo phoning from Paris to say , ‘ They 're after me , ’ and the telephone going dead just as he is about to give the password for the computer file which holds the final explanation known to him alone . |
| 15 | There were conflabs in the typing pool and that bossy Marianne going importantly round to areas she normally never trespassed in and June — had felt it was on account of her . |
| 16 | The dentist said to daddy if you drink lots water after you 've had something to eat then it stops your teeth going quite as bad . |
| 17 | Where risks are present they will tend to be single and are likely to be shared by other stimuli ( e.g. the driver going too fast ) . |
| 18 | Nothing substantial enough to stop the noise going straight downstairs into the bars |
| 19 | I felt little cold shivers going right down my back . |
| 20 | Try hooking up all your effects into the front of your amp and then compare the signal with that of the guitar going straight in , and you 'll see what I mean . |
| 21 | But no one was there save for a woman with an umbrella , a cyclist going wearily along by the kerb . |
| 22 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 23 | But in the mid-eighties it developed a line of kitchenware going completely over to this at Christmas . |
| 24 | They have a record going well back into the Cambrian , when it might be supposed that the chordates were undergoing a major diversification . |
| 25 | well actually me jars going right there and I ca n't remember , whether I did get that from Co-Op , I think I did Co-Op , but they were in dozens , and I think Presto had some |
| 26 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |
| 27 | ‘ Wotcha going so early for ? ’ |
| 28 | With the war going so well now , and with the perceptible decline in the workload after the feats of ‘ 44 , and with the general burgeoning of confidence and well-being , why , your camp doctor is agreeably surprised to find time and leisure to pursue his hobbies . |
| 29 | I found that moderate slip angles produce no nasty consequences , but was restrained from further experimentation with the admonition that the aircraft describes what sounds like a brisk departure into a fast outside flick roll with the nose going hard down to exceed its negative-g limit . |
| 30 | Amanda was a frequent companion and , according to those working for the Prince , it was only the discovery of her friendship with a diplomat which prevented the match going any further . |