Example sentences of "[noun] going [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They also liked it — as did the other villages — for the spiteful inter-village competitiveness that lay under the seemingly innocent accounts of the Snead Women 's Institute going on an Easter outing to Weston-super-Mare , while the Quindale branch could only muster a local dried-flower expert whose crisp and solid arrangements , adorned with bows of florist 's ribbon , they could all have recognized in their sleep . |
2 | But , as we have evidence going back a number of years the reactor is in such poor condition that there is no way they could safely operate the current requirement of the modern government standard . |
3 | Clouds of dust swirling around and slowly being sucked into the middle — like bath water going down a plug-hole . |
4 | ‘ Their minds are like trains going along a track which here and there has a broken connection , ’ said the nurse . |
5 | ‘ I can remember phone numbers , decks of cards , all the Olympic medal-winners going back a century but I could n't remember the right day on which to turn up — at least I was n't a week late . ’ |
6 | Six of William 's friends going down a slide |
7 | Not surprisingly , the predominant trend trait is a taste for extrovert , over-the-top dressing , with glittery glam clothes going down a storm for evening , and hyper-smart executive-look suits being snapped up for daytime wear . |
8 | He said nothing more , and his silence played across her taut nerves like a fingernail going down a blackboard . |
9 | A load of schoolchildren going on a day out . |