Example sentences of "[modal v] be going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd better do your foot-care routine now , Faye , because I should be going soon too . ’ |
| 2 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 3 | If he then writes a monograph about a " tribe " or a " people " or a " social system " and he wants to be recognized as a scientist rather than as an artist , he is under pressure to persuade himself ( and his readers ) that the events which he saw happening before his eyes were " typical " of what might be going on elsewhere in the system . |
| 4 | He had celebrated his birthday a couple of weeks earlier with balloons and four candles on an iced cake , and he was hoping the festivities might be going on indefinitely . |
| 5 | He wanted to be quite sure of not missing anything that might be going on there . |
| 6 | Suzannah said that she might be going up tomorrow evening . |
| 7 | But that might be going too far for academic professionals , however radical their stances . |
| 8 | Oh she said I 'll be going up tomorrow but I , I , I ca n't ask her , I did n't ought to but I ca n't ca n't ask her nothing , in n it funny . |
| 9 | Yeah but like if wan na catch someone out , like you go say you were talking to Scott and I wanted to find out something and like I go Scott , and like I 'll be going up close to him , I 'm literally doing this , I 'm going Scott ? |
| 10 | He wo n't be back today — at least , not to the office ; he 'll be going straight home . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll be going in regularly until I take over ; at least part-time , ’ she said eagerly . |
| 12 | I 'll be going out soon . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll be going out briefly at some stage , but Kay 'll be here . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll be going abroad soon , ’ he told Sarah . |
| 15 | We 'll be going far away from what people expect of us . |
| 16 | ‘ It works in exactly the same way only I 'll be going down instead of across . |
| 17 | so that 's what I 'm saying not this Wednesday but next Wednesday I 'll be going down straight in the morning |
| 18 | Belov warned her that she 'd have to go in , but he promised her that she 'd be going no further than the administration block on the street . |
| 19 | " Perhaps that 'd be going too far , " but I must have sounded wistful , because he said , " I do n't see why . |
| 20 | In Forth Worth , people line up to be photographed with Van ; they collect first copies of his recordings ; they drive past his house and tell stories about what they suppose may be going on inside . |
| 21 | Saying that ‘ the Pilgrim Fathers will always hold a unique place among the venerated saints of mankind ’ may be going too far , but their plain approach to life , the simple statement of belief they made on the voyage in the Mayflower Compact , and their peaceful settlements and good relations with the Indians among whom they settled were certainly in sharp contrast to what happened in most colonies . |
| 22 | hang on to somebody elses tail lights , it gives us a false sense of security watch your speed , you may be going much faster than you think , do not speed up to get away from the vehicle which is too close behind you , remember that if you 're driving with heavy people it may take longer to pull up and speed on ahead , warning signals or |
| 23 | But I may be going back far too long for the evening . |
| 24 | Yes to Lochinver yes and that same steamer would be calling in Kinlochbervie and all the villages and this traveller for Hamiltons would be going round beforehand and you would be getting a hundred weight of sugar and tea it would be in a big tea box er er probably er er Ceylon coming from Ceylon but you the whole or you could buy a small quarter . |
| 25 | The woman would be going nowhere now . |
| 26 | She rang up her friend Kate and told her all about it and Kate agreed that telling the police would be going too far . |
| 27 | He would be going out soon , but an umbilical cord would still tie him to this house of death . |
| 28 | My husband came back excited and said he would be going out again late in the evening . |
| 29 | Then Sikes told Oliver to get some sleep as they would be going out again later that night . |
| 30 | Oh ours is , Mike knows somebody , one of the lads , their mum works in the Poll Tax Office in Buckley and erm , she reckons that , that ours will be going up about fifty pound is it ? |