Example sentences of "[conj] going [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have then concluded that going on to further education or staying at school are better options . |
| 2 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 3 | Thanks to television … the nation had an armchair view of the violence : uprooted telegraph poles , rolling down the hill towards the police cordon ; a workmen 's hut dragged into the road and going up in petrol-fed flames ; a lone policeman with his truncheon repeatedly laying into a recumbent miner ; the wall of riot shields parting like the Red Sea as groups of police , in black one-piece suits and NATO helmets , dashed into the crowded pickets while a senior officer , with loud-hailer , encouraged them to ‘ take prisoners ’ . |
| 4 | So , I do get a bit ac , I mean , th there 's , there 's one young girl in the class and , we were on about women 's role in society and going on about third world woman , but even western woman have their position , you know , she does the housework |
| 5 | The next day the RUC tried to block a 4,000 strong Paisleyite protest march from the centre of Belfast , but the marchers broke through and rampaged through the centre of the city breaking shop windows , stoning the Catholic-owned International Hotel and going on to Sandy Row where they tried to burn down a bookie 's shop which employed Catholics . |
| 6 | And going on from that surely we argue that the May the fourth directive came about or certainly was , was put out as this is what the peasants three times the peasants had demanded land return I E they were in advance of the Party , they were more radical , they , they were , in a way they were saying look this , this rent reduction is not enough we want a much stronger programme , we actually want the land reform . |
| 7 | They played gallantly , leading right up to the final game , and going down on 836 . |
| 8 | Many of the earliest public libraries were busily involved in adult education , providing lectures and discussion meetings , arranging exhibitions and displays , and going out with some of their stock to societies and schools and clubs in the most admirably proselytizing manner ; many actually had art galleries and museums under their care as well , providing an early example of multi-media provision . |
| 9 | A medical model has a strict routine , whereas a social work model allows for more individual autonomy and choice in matters such as times of getting up , going to bed , and going out for independent activities , which might conflict with staff shifts and rotas . |
| 10 | Figure 2 shows what happens when you tell the computer to obey exactly the same drawing rule , but going on to various depths of recursion . |
| 11 | But going back to some of these places you mentioned , were there any rocks that were given a name or stones ? |
| 12 | In the current era of food surpluses , efforts are being made to reduce production , both by political manoeuvre ( e.g. set aside and diversification ) and a return to sustainable systems of agriculture which are perceived as going back to traditional methods . |
| 13 | ‘ These trophy wives , ’ says Fortune , ‘ make the 50 and 60-year-old executive officers feel they can compete sexually with younger men , the kind of ego boost that does n't hurt when going up against Young Turks at the office . ’ |
| 14 | Jack Berry 's colt , backed from 6–4 to 13–8 on before finishing third to Touch Silver in the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster , then ruined his chance with a slow start when going under by half a length to Key To My Heart at Hamilton Park last time . |