Example sentences of "[adj] going [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At each stage of their return to the sea , they became specialised to their particular habitat , some going back into freshwater rivers , others frequenting shallow coastal waters or the deep oceans . |
| 2 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 3 | Any constant going out to another house was a threat . |
| 4 | However , that did not stop the sense of adventure to a 20-year-old going off in 1933 in a very strange vessel called the Somersetshire , of which a very famous Air Force song will be sung for evermore . |
| 5 | On other occasions , she knew we were all going out before any preparations were made , and would sit in the hall gazing intently at her lead . |
| 6 | ‘ We want a plan formulated jointly by government , industry , research establishments and the academic community , which will prevent us all going off in different directions ’ , says , professor of aeronautics at the Cranfield Institute of Technology and chairman of the committee . |
| 7 | It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows . |
| 8 | But it 's no good going on to that until you 're really pretty good at this then you should be able to follow what 's going on here . |
| 9 | Clearly there is something very important going on in this move , and at one level it is indeed a necessary corrective to the textual isolationism of much modernist criticism . |
| 10 | Even the dimmest goon is going to realize there 's something queer going on in all that time . |
| 11 | Five going in at five . |
| 12 | The rationalisation is one of several going on between various European defence companies in a shrinking market . |
| 13 | England were soon losing wickets when play began , four going down for 80 ; but then Lamb and Robin Smith , on debut , showed what could be done , and on the Friday morning posted a century partnership and looked good for plenty more . |
| 14 | Once again , tolerance decreased and hostility increased quite markedly with age ; and ( with the exception of " the rather anomalous group who call themselves upper working class " ) the same was true going down in social class scales . |