Example sentences of "[noun] [is] going [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben 's car 's going off the road in two weeks |
| 2 | The second storyline is going for the wider market , and some might argue , a little too near-the-knuckle for such an early evening show . |
| 3 | Mika 's going round the world . |
| 4 | It 's been hot all the car is going along the motorway at a constant speed . |
| 5 | Now the tobacco industry is going for the slightly more subtle form of advertising which is sponsorship . |
| 6 | Now his key is going into the lock : |
| 7 | Then he added , ‘ If anyone from the village is going to the Bazaar we should send some more flour and potatoes and some more blankets . ’ |
| 8 | THE antiques collection of TV expert Arthur Negus is going under the hammer — and it 's expected to fetch £80,000 . |
| 9 | IBM is going after the scientific/technical crowd as well as those into workstation clustering and computing . |
| 10 | BIG BLUE MOVIES , OR HANG THIS FOR A LARK , IBM 's GOING TO THE PICTURES |
| 11 | The cabby is going past the Palace ! |
| 12 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 13 | Secondly , I wish to see our participation at Maastricht emphasising and improving those matters on which the Community is going in the right direction . |
| 14 | Now the town is going for the big one , but to get the title Entente Florale , it needs to beat off competition from seven other nations . |
| 15 | Dr Apps is going to the Arctic with the British Schools Exploration Society to research the Ozone layer . |
| 16 | On the drinks front , a litre bottle of red Fitou is going for the price of a 75cl bottle ( £3.15 ) , as is a litre of Lutomer Riesling ( £2.85 ) . |
| 17 | In LBC 's case , for example , the LBC Crown FM is going for the upmarket listener , while the medium wave service , London Talkback Radio , is pitching for the tabloid market and the dedicated followers of phone-ins . |
| 18 | As Anthony Ayles comments : ‘ It appears the cart is going before the horse on this one . ’ |
| 19 | It seems that my hon. Friend is going to the essence of the argument . |
| 20 | Meantime the moon is going round the earth and in the relative movements of the sun and the moon and the earth means that the moon does n't just go round . |
| 21 | There 's a certain amount of history because the moon is if if the earth is spinning round the moon is going round the water that the moon is attracting will be rushing to catch up a little bit . |
| 22 | erm One pretends that one 's wife is going into the shop just for ten , you know for just three minutes , or that there is a baker 's van delivering stuff at nine , nine o'clock in the morning . |
| 23 | His wife is going round the bend , thinking he 's under suspicion , but I 'm sure she 's barking up the wrong tree . |
| 24 | No wonder inflation is going through the roof and our environment ends up choked with litter . |
| 25 | Kathy 's going to the Bradshaws , so you do n't have to worry about her . |
| 26 | Joelle 's going to the hairdresser in a minute . |
| 27 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 28 | The rest of his collection is going under the hammer . |
| 29 | Now the Irish Winston is going on the road . |
| 30 | That 's what I do n't understand because the message is going to the brain to do it and yet I try and I ca n't . |