Example sentences of "[prep] going [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 100 porters who help carry the luggage of VIP passengers at Heathrow airport were sacked after going on strike demanding the right to be represented by a union . |
| 2 | Finally , the late eighties saw the launch of satellite TV services , initially by Sky and then by the ill-fated BSB , which was taken over by Sky to form BSkyB when BSB succumbed to financial difficulties less than two years after going on air , in late 1990 . |
| 3 | John Spearman , Classic FM chief executive , said : ‘ We are very pleased to have been presented with this prestigious award just six months after going on air . |
| 4 | After going to church I had a whole Sunday on Tiree , Snoopy-like with the moped . |
| 5 | After going to work in the Gulf states she was offered a job with the princesses . |
| 6 | Sleep onset time was reduced from 33 minutes during baseline recordings to less than 5 minutes by the seventh night , and time spent awake after going to sleep was reduced from about 30 minutes to virtually zero . |
| 7 | PS I do n't think you should marry that young man in the back row of the chorus , it 's too soon after going to bed with your horse dressed up as a Praetorian Guard . |
| 8 | She was found slumped dead on the floor after going to bed with a sore throat , the inquest heard . |
| 9 | The estimated time to get to sleep after going to bed was reduced to a quarter of the baseline levels , and reports of difficulty in getting to sleep were reduced to a third of what they had been . |
| 10 | After going to bed that night . |
| 11 | He said at Dumfries Sheriff Court that he and his friend had gone to the upstairs lavatory in the dormitory building about half-an-hour after going to bed when they had been called over to the girls ' room . |
| 12 | ALL THE INFORMATION IN EATING AND DRINKING IN EDINBURGH IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BUT THE PUBLISHERS CAN NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR CHANGES WHICH MAY TAKE PLACE AFTER GOING TO PRESS . |
| 13 | ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE EDINBURGH POCKET GUIDE IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BUT THE PUBLISHERS CAN NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR CHANGES WHICH MAY TAKE PLACE AFTER GOING TO PRESS . |
| 14 | After going to evening classes to study dress design , Claire hoped for better things , but was soon disillusioned when she found that her employer expected to use her designs without paying her . |
| 15 | FOUR ex-servicemen have been booted out of a British Legion social club after going to war over what they believe are missing funds of up to £250,000 . |
| 16 | HAPPY Cynthia Haslam was wearing a champagne smile yesterday after going for gold — and scooping a £10,000 Mirror jackpot . |
| 17 | In fact , he had been taken prisoner after going behind enemy lines to retrieve the body of a friend . |
| 18 | After going around edge of large bay ( ignoring path descending to beach ) , path keeps to edge of fields on seaward side and crosses three stiles ; |
| 19 | If you are considering going on secondment during term time it is obviously important to minimise disruption to the teaching programme . |
| 20 | Periodically Mary Wilson would poke her head round the door to see what progress was being made towards going to bed . |
| 21 | Davide 's client snapped finger and thumb together at any ignoble suggestion of peacemaking , at such a dishonourable way of going about life , and insisted on justice . |
| 22 | ‘ People just like the idea of us being in love , ’ he sighed at the thought of going over ground yet again as he explained the need for him to step out of Kylie 's tiny shadow . |
| 23 | If instead of going through life having shallow relationships , a man diligently makes each of his friendships an emotional one of real compassion and regard , life for him will be transformed . |
| 24 | start on the basis of going through page twelve . |
| 25 | Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) . |
| 26 | For example , anywhere which derives its existence from the sea is likely to be good to draw — marine architecture , quaysides , boats , fishing — all the complicated mass of detail and shape which surround the activity of going to sea . |
| 27 | But if you think this is bloody " — and he laughed his hacking tubercular laugh " our ancestors would n't think of going to sea in a new prahu which had n't first been rolled into the water over the living bodies of seven women in their first pregnancy ! |
| 28 | Much stronger action was necessary , to the extent of going to court . |
| 29 | ‘ Why , methought you were overjoyed at the prospect of going to court ! ’ remarked Joan , to whom the idea was akin to going as a mere mortal to fairyland . |
| 30 | But if a solicitor had made it and put three halves we could take an action against that solicitor or the executor could to erm for the costs of going to court to find out what on earth the will meant . |