Example sentences of "[was/were] going [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were going on cross-country skis pulling pulks ( little sledges ) . |
| 2 | Because , what they were doing , they were going to individual pubs |
| 3 | Vast subsidies were going to uneconomic nationalized industries and local government was heavily overspending . |
| 4 | The media were going to enormous lengths to lure ‘ the people ’ away from their revolutionary destiny into the gaudy sideshows of consumerism . |
| 5 | Erm I know at one time they were the motors were going to fast , the ball was . |
| 6 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
| 7 | No he thought of England as Magna Carta and Shakespeare and Churchill and Milton and the rule of law — a lot of great ideas and ideals that maybe you were going to just crumple and throw away . ’ |
| 8 | My girlfriend and I were a conventional hand-holding couple and David and Angela were going to gay clubs at midnight and bringing home people at four in the morning which made things very tense , I would say . ’ |
| 9 | He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service . |
| 10 | The people in NoS had to be made to realize that if they were going after big money , professional management had to come in . |
| 11 | Not the lack of direction but the fact that the various initiatives were going in different directions ! |
| 12 | Things were going from bad to worse . |
| 13 | In other words , agricultural produce coming into Mallia was not all destined for the temple : some at least was going into private houses , presumably town houses belonging to the owners of estates in the countryside around Mallia . |
| 14 | Back in the 1950s , when the New York School was going into full session and paint was seriously flying in Village studios , it was always the work that was important , not the persona of the artist . |
| 15 | Stirling was going for broke . |
| 16 | Not for the first time , she was going for broke ; she tried to tell herself that nothing much bad could happen , at the worst she could be discovered and thrown out , but somehow the stakes seemed much higher . |
| 17 | I enjoyed Reading , a few beers , good atmosphere and some good bands , but … what the bloody hell was going on hygiene-wise ? |
| 18 | One detective told TODAY : ‘ He was going on overseas trips , he dressed in designer suits . |
| 19 | However an alarming argument which crept in , and seems here to stay , was that the ‘ cream ’ ( so called ) in terms of personnel was going to private industry . |
| 20 | One of the great unanswered questions in my life is why Mrs Spence was going to antenatal classes that afternoon when , as she had already had one child , she presumably had a pretty good idea of what to expect . |
| 21 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 22 | And after the curtain call , when he was going upstairs to the extras ' dressing-room and had bumped into Mr Potter — she was n't talking at second-hand but had actually witnessed the scene — far from showing remorse he had confronted him as though he was going to head-butt him for the second time . |
| 23 | ‘ He said he was going to trained to go on a crash team . |
| 24 | He was going to public school in England after the Christmas holidays were over . |
| 25 | Yes , I thought , but then there 's , but briefly er Sue , I was going to wanted to point out in fact er you just er if you do n't mind Paul I 'll just go back |
| 26 | Certainly , Mr Wheeler convinced me that his company was going to huge lengths to keep itself clean . |
| 27 | I was going to old Chris , I said I said he should play in the class . |
| 28 | And it was getting dragged back and the engine was going like mad trying to push it along and the wind was pushing me back , and I was thinking am I going forwards or backward here ? |