Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The programme was going really well . |
| 2 | Julie Anne said the divorce was going very slowly and carefully ‘ to soften the blow ’ for daughter Tatjana , six . |
| 3 | The song had ended , and dancing was going on again . |
| 4 | St Louis might well have felt that actually giving part of the domaine was going too far , but in the context of the urban problems of the 19th century the Emperor had undoubtedly judged correctly what the people needed . |
| 5 | The Montego was going so fast in places persuing officers saw sparks coming off the engine . |
| 6 | Kirsty was going off tomorrow to Carol 's and , as Jake had said , the custody hearing would not be scheduled till after Easter . |
| 7 | ‘ He went back and they said , Yes , he could have it , and their horse and trolley was going round there at a certain date and would deliver it . |
| 8 | On the other side of the technological coin , missile development was going ahead concurrently with aircraft design . |
| 9 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 10 | The train was going slower now . |
| 11 | Ordinary life was going on outside . ’ |
| 12 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |
| 13 | The Worcestershire goose was going down well too . |
| 14 | In 1989 , the Hyde gas project was going nowhere fast . |
| 15 | Er anyhow th th the , the eventual thing was maybe her blood pressure was going up higher than it should and maybe whether the cumulative stress of having a husband off in my state , maybe |
| 16 | My dog was run over by one of them ; the bus was going so fast it did n't even stop . |
| 17 | The fear , the fear when when voyages of exploration were going out right up to the renaissance , was that the boats would actually run off the end of the earth , and fall into a void . |
| 18 | As they crossed in front of the Queensway Tunnel for the final sprint up William Brown Street , 23-year-old Nadobenko was going so fast he mounted the kerb and bounced back but still had the strength to cross the line in first place . |
| 19 | And the tyre was going down then she said I did n't do that ! |
| 20 | The clock was going round so slowly . |
| 21 | Clearly all the heart was going not only from the land , but from the people as well . |
| 22 | And your money was going twice as quick . |
| 23 | I joined the said list earlier this week , just to see what kind of shite was going on there . |
| 24 | The Commander was going out anyway . |