Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these kids were going down fast . |
| 2 | The AA says lights would help , but police insist that once again drivers were going too fast in fog . |
| 3 | The power is wide enough on the one hand to allow the statement of an eye-witness to an accident to express an opinion ( eg that one of the drivers was going too fast ) and on the other hand to allow a party to put in a medical report from a doctor who has died or who can not be called for any other reason . |
| 4 | Unfortunately there was so little height in which to pull out of the dive , and the aircraft was going so fast , that gross overloading of the wing structure was absolutely inevitable . |
| 5 | ‘ The programme was going really well . |
| 6 | Whatever the ultimate aim might be , for the moment the CNAA was going as far only as delegating or sharing aspects of the validation process — which meant accepting the limitations of the CNAA 's existing Charter . |
| 7 | Julie Anne said the divorce was going very slowly and carefully ‘ to soften the blow ’ for daughter Tatjana , six . |
| 8 | The song had ended , and dancing was going on again . |
| 9 | St Louis might well have felt that actually giving part of the domaine was going too far , but in the context of the urban problems of the 19th century the Emperor had undoubtedly judged correctly what the people needed . |
| 10 | But I 'm very disappointed about that , because er coming into the final furlong , Lester was going very well on the inside , but just lost out on the photo finish . |
| 11 | The Montego was going so fast in places persuing officers saw sparks coming off the engine . |
| 12 | Kirsty was going off tomorrow to Carol 's and , as Jake had said , the custody hearing would not be scheduled till after Easter . |
| 13 | Local riders Roy Humphrey and Jason Peters from Finstock were going well too , but the only winner once again was the reigning champion Paul Millard from Trowbridge . |
| 14 | Lugh of the Longhand thought things were going rather well . |
| 15 | In fact , things were going rather well for me and I had gotten engaged to a very nice girl , Jane Wilde . |
| 16 | Things were going deceptively well . |
| 17 | The General beamed ; things were going much better now . |
| 18 | Things were going as badly as they could . |
| 19 | One evening at dinner , just as things were going quite tamely , a toad came into the dining-room . |
| 20 | Things were going all right , the evening was a success . |
| 21 | On 5 January 1201 Philip , the notary , and Cardinal Guido were sent : they had gone before Egidius returned with the news that things were going very badly for Otto . |
| 22 | Mr Honecker evidently felt that things were going so well he could afford to relax and give his people what they wanted most : more freedom to travel to the West . |
| 23 | Things were going so well that she did n't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for . |
| 24 | ‘ Damn it , we should have known things were going too well . ’ |
| 25 | A decisive victory in a battle brought patriotic celebration , while at other times when things were going less well the failure to seek a peace could swing sentiment the other way . |
| 26 | ‘ He went back and they said , Yes , he could have it , and their horse and trolley was going round there at a certain date and would deliver it . |
| 27 | On the other side of the technological coin , missile development was going ahead concurrently with aircraft design . |
| 28 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 29 | The train was going slower now . |
| 30 | By now Katharine 's riding had become much more positive and effective and Benji was going much better as a result . |