Example sentences of "[noun pl] going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Kilbourn said : ‘ The main problem is cars going too fast . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Police blamed the crash on drivers going too fast and too close in freezing fog . |
| 4 | The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast for the road conditions that exist in our village . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | I was not angry or upset so much as concerned by the lads going so far in the wrong direction . |
| 8 | She could not be sure of it , but just after he entered , she thought she heard footsteps going softly away down the corridor . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Ungrateful bastards going too far . |
| 12 | But are the revisionists going too far ? |
| 13 | The low arches and shallow water stopped sailing ships going further inland . |
| 14 | She was surrounded by this golden aura which stopped men going any further , whether they would have liked to or not , it never happened . |
| 15 | The delay had been caused by one set of papers going temporarily astray in the post . |
| 16 | Many trailers are dangerous much above 80 k.p.h. ( 50 m.p.h. ) and it is just not worth taking any chances going much faster . |
| 17 | Somebody building something , she surmised sleepily ; she had heard chainsaws going continuously almost from the moment she had gone to bed . |
| 18 | The well-established agricultural divisions of the county were reinforced by medieval practices , but perhaps the greatest contribution to Sussex life was the extension of settlement much deeper into the Weald , the piecemeal annual clearings going much farther than before . |