Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] going " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rufus overtook a bus going to Colchester and dropped the two in the back so that they could catch it . |
| 2 | One primary school teacher from Gile describes the problems of keeping a school going once the villagers knew they were likely to be attacked by the forces of Renamo : |
| 3 | For centuries the traveller who wanted to cross a sea or an ocean went to the nearest port and hung about until he found a ship going in his direction . |
| 4 | THE BBC is to be stripped of responsibility for the Queen 's annual Christmas TV broadcast , ending a tradition going back 60 years . |
| 5 | He did n't tell himself that since he was no longer on spelling terms with himself he just obeyed an order and rummaged through the man 's pockets as if he were checking a suit going to the cleaners ' . |
| 6 | The harbour town of Watchet has a history going back over a thousand years and is still an active trading port . |
| 7 | But the new production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , directed by Terry Hands and John Barton , has a lot going for it . |
| 8 | I have to say that while I am quite sure that ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ is a perfectly suitable wash for people with sensitive skins and that a no-talcum powder has a lot going for it , I ca n't possible support the selling of this product as necessary for ‘ intimate ’ care . |
| 9 | On the face of it the film has a lot going for it — Pakula as director , and a cast including the frequently brilliant Kevin Kline , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Kevin Spacey , Rebecca Miller and Forest Whitaker . |
| 10 | But for an owner operator who wants an aircraft that is inexpensive to maintain , sophisticated and easy to fly , the Trinidad has a lot going for it . |
| 11 | Always articulate and knowledgeable about the pitfalls of this game , McWilliams has a lot going for him and if I had to decide who would be the best man to represent the province at this level , I would be hard pushed to go past him . |
| 12 | Mr Leach commented : ‘ Leith has a lot going for it . |
| 13 | News from the northern and western frontiers is that Chris Oake has a class going in the Isle of Man , a full complement of clubs , and hopes of a second class , and that Rosalind Garton in St Andrews is enjoying her contrasting sessions — a daytime one catering for the 55–70 age group , and an evening one for the younger and nimbler — with the occasional supplementary advanced class . |
| 14 | Sun Microsystems has a deal going with another Russian concern , this one operating under the improbable name Elvis+ : seems they 've cut some kind of technology licence and co-development pact for wireless network communications technology to be used in Sun 's nomadic computing strategy ; Elvis is apparently a privately held company run by one Alexander Galitsky , who by repute was involved in the Soviet space programme , but all should be clear when the pair go public March 16 . |
| 15 | As it goes r you 've heard something sort of er say an ashtray going round on a hard surface . |
| 16 | This involved an escalator going deep down . |
| 17 | He 'd a lot going and . |
| 18 | Half way through a number I 've seen a commotion going on and it 's Mum , trying to climb the barriers . |
| 19 | You are kind of dozing but you are not asleep because you ca n't get to sleep because there is a needle sticking in your arm and you have got a drip going on and they come and change the bag and you are constantly feeling sick . |
| 20 | No because that 's , we 've got a video going in now at nine o'clock , er , a very long pair of wires erm so what do I need here ? |
| 21 | He 's got a school going . |
| 22 | Erm they had n't got a survey going , they 'd got coming round to have a look at it , and they 'd got the environmental health from London to have a survey of it , and er everything . |
| 23 | Steenie was putting the show on , and he 'd got a thing going with this bint Veronica . |
| 24 | We hope we 've got a deal going with Oxford Mail , where they 'll maybe deliver to 20,000 doors in Oxford the programme , door- to-door . |
| 25 | I think he done it because he was picked on a lot and most likely thought he had n't got a lot going for him . |
| 26 | Just look at us — if we do n't prove astrology 's got a lot going for it , then nothing does . ’ |
| 27 | In the meantime , we 've got a lot going for us here , and it 's up to us to make the most of it . |
| 28 | We know that the Park and Ride situation , while it 's got a lot going for it , is almost a thieves paradise . |
| 29 | A survey , we 've got a microphone going |
| 30 | His father , an expert woodsman , had already got a fire going , and the room had lost some of its pristine newness and was looking much more cosy . |