Example sentences of "[adv] going [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps going for a moonlit swim before making love under the stars . |
| 2 | I think that er we are probably some years of and therefore whilst we make indulge our service in the next few moments it each other er we are eventually and then perhaps going through a convenient route er and thrashing out some sort of profit margin . |
| 3 | At 15 she had once to be carted from the links of Gullane having had too much to drink , but she will tell you that that had nothing to do with the pressures of competition , rather that she was merely going through a rebellious streak . |
| 4 | Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) . |
| 5 | They 're obviously going into a difficult area and if it breaks out into open conflict , there will be slight risk , but at the moment it 's fairly routine for us . |
| 6 | ‘ She had a terrified look in her eyes , and was obviously going through a very , very bad trip . |
| 7 | No , I was told before I came on the course , you 're going on the course to learn to make maximum use out of it , you 're not going on an almighty second holiday and |
| 8 | No , I am not going to a fancy dress party , but to work . |
| 9 | McLeish threw it away and methodically sorted his notes ; he was not going near a top firm of solicitors without a very careful list of questions , and his first port of call that morning was to be Huttons , who had been Angela Morgan 's solicitors . |
| 10 | But customers , too , have only recently begun to see the big picture : IBM is not just going through a bad patch , it is in serious , perhaps critical , trouble . |
| 11 | Me and my mate , here , we 're just going for a little ride . ’ |
| 12 | With wildly beating heart , before opening the shed door I rehearse the lie I am about to tell him — just like in drama — including the correct tone of voice : ‘ Just going for a quick bike ride , Pa . |
| 13 | Like going on a flat road , without putting the brake |
| 14 | The two-child Cadet is still going as an initial trainer after 45 years . |
| 15 | So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye . |
| 16 | With food around , surfaces should bc as practical as possible : choose flooring which will not show crumbs and can be mopped up easily ; sideboards should bc provided with protective covers if they are not heatproof ; traditional polished tables might look good , but with children around , you may be better off going for a heatproof , scrubbable surface which can be wiped over quickly ; upholstery should be washable ; wallpaper need not be as tough as the vinyl-coated varieties . |
| 17 | and erm you know , she 'd come from Hampshire apparently and she an an yo you know , er we got talking about ma and she 's taken her child away from the local school and sen , is now going to a little private school up the Tin Valley , near Tingrace apparently . |
| 18 | Sometimes the simple national ensign is no longer enough : in Corsica , now going through a violent secessionist campaign , it is advisable to have both the French ensign and the Corsican flag . |
| 19 | I believe the European market is simply going through an economic cycle . |
| 20 | Expecting a word processor operator to pick up the elements of design , typography and layout skills by simply going on a two-day course is just not realistic . |
| 21 | The currently fashionable and oft repeated litany is that although the world air transport industry is presently going through a fundamental and painful period of change , this will ultimately lead to a new and improved deployment of resources , through the creation of far fewer but infinitely larger air carriers . |
| 22 | I 'd promised myself then and there : I was n't going for a second appointment . |
| 23 | They had made the length of Loch Ness in one day , not bad going for an old man on horseback ; ‘ when he rode , ’ says Boswell at the end of the Life , ‘ he had no command or direction of his horse , but was carried as if in a balloon . ’ |
| 24 | So young people using Sony Walkmans , going to discos once , twice a week and then going into a noisy job could permanently impair their , their hearing . |
| 25 | It is currently going through a bad patch of such uncertainty . |
| 26 | The Royal Family is certainly going through a rough patch . |