Example sentences of "[verb] going [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I did enjoy going to the city centre , but so far er in the few months I 've been in , I 've enjoyed it tremendously yes . |
| 2 | I still do n't enjoy going to the dentist but I have to admit that the modern men are wonderful . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ Culley said , ‘ it beats going to the office . ’ |
| 4 | Railwaymen who worked in the area had been so overcome by a feeling of evil that pervaded a particular location that they refused to work the night-shift that involved going near the place in question . |
| 5 | I tried going through the undergrowth and looping round — my sense of direction had far improved from peacetime — but the saw-toothed grasses left me bleeding like a scored steak . |
| 6 | She had n't forgotten going to the pictures with Vernon to see The Song of Bernadette . |
| 7 | Since battle had been effectively joined last spring , when Major first considered going to the country , the parties had bludgeoned themselves into mutual exhaustion before the final clash of arms . |
| 8 | They 'd considered going to the police , but agreed that , after the embarrassing débâcle of the inquest , further accusations from Jacqui against Nigel Steen would sound more like the ramblings of a paranoid than anything else . |
| 9 | ‘ He always loves going to the races . |
| 10 | Of course no bright young thing who wants to make a quick buck would consider going into the ministry . |
| 11 | Th the problem with suggestion therapy whether it be hypnosis or group therapy is it does n't tend to last in the longer run after the person stopped going to the group or they have n't seen the the er hypnotist for reinforcement . |
| 12 | But there 's quite a few stopped going to the club with women not being well and their legs bad and |
| 13 | This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path . |
| 14 | They ran about in a panic , those that could climb taking to the rigging , those that could swim going over the side . |
| 15 | ‘ He was seen going to the top of the tower . |
| 16 | ‘ I hear you have been seen going into the House of Oliver , ’ she said , her immaculately painted lips tight with fury . |
| 17 | But he was n't going to risk going for the green in two — he 's a gambler , but he 's not stupid , not with a one-stroke lead — and so he hit a wedge for his second shot short of the lake and then a 155-yard 9-iron directly over the flag for his approach . |
| 18 | She 'd have to risk going through the door … have to ! |
| 19 | I had no intention to going into the art business and although I had done ‘ extra art ’ at school , I sully intended going on the stage . |
| 20 | If I get a decent vote I intend going to the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of votes for the smallest expenditure . ’ |
| 21 | A lot of information has been crammed into this guide and if you intend going to the Continent , then this is one item you should definitely put on your list of things to take . |
| 22 | This usually involves going through the courts — a lengthy and expensive process . |
| 23 | erm er and it involves going to the lab and sitting around for about a couple of hours while they feed you a bit of sugar and then take some blood tests every half hour . |
| 24 | I hate going to the cinema . |
| 25 | ‘ I hate going to the pictures . |
| 26 | But I hate doing I hate creepy crawlies , I hate spiders and I hate going in the loft . |
| 27 | Those first evenings O'Hara avoided going to the Oyster Bar . |
| 28 | He avoided going to the prize-giving so that he would n't have to meet her . |
| 29 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 30 | Besides , I did n't fancy going to the Chapel and having all the family looking down their noses at me . |