Example sentences of "[prep] going [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but Bob and I did , I could , I could remember the day we moved in to a hundred and eleven er we 'd never , never been upstairs in a house before you see we 'd been brought up in a bungalow and we 'd never ever been upstairs and the thoughts of going upstairs to bed , you know , was fantastic |
| 2 | ’ Growing up is not just the pain of going away to school ; it is also the acceptance of the values of the adult world . |
| 3 | He 's scared stiff of going away to school and all this ‘ Irish ’ nonsense is just an excuse to get out of it . |
| 4 | He 'd want to spend some of my hard-saved eighty-five pounds ( less rail £7.50 , £3.75 hair-cut , £5 for Scabby Woman and B 'n' B £14 — plus bits of loose change ) before going home to Mum . |
| 5 | I thought that by going away to school I would be leaving nothing behind . |