Example sentences of "[was/were] going [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I did in fact erm whilst when we were going through the education proposals erm I did list reductions as John has mentioned , but I did also include the extra valuation for primary staffing that erm has went into our budget and the Liberal Democrats and I think Labour 's originally , which is now included in the combined Council budget . |
| 2 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 3 | ‘ The captain said we were going into the Falkland Sound . |
| 4 | Er and then I heard from Australia that they were going into the engineering exhibition in Melbourne and I offered them er a mobile display and they came back with one or two added ideas and so I changed the specification again . |
| 5 | Virgin were going into the airline business . |
| 6 | We were going towards the sun . ’ |
| 7 | It seemed that the verderers were going towards the outlaws ' citadel , not away from it . |
| 8 | They were going up the stairs now . |
| 9 | You were going with the picture on the outside , well that 's fatal . |
| 10 | The shadow home secretary , Tony Blair , claimed the plans were going down the road of centralised policing when the reverse was needed . |
| 11 | The shadow home secretary , Tony Blair , claimed the plans were going down the road of centralised policing when the reverse was needed . |
| 12 | The only person that she spoke to on the whole crossing was a young man who fell on top of her as she and he were going down the stairs : he was following her , two steps behind , when the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing and crashed into her , and she too missed her footing , and they both sat down together upon the stairs . |
| 13 | And it was er , it was quite amazing when we were going on the motorway we saw these cars with erm er er there was like Pakistani erm and Turkish flags flying and when we got , er when we was going at the night time to Blackpool it was crammed ! |
| 14 | Up to virtually the last minute I 'd assumed that we , or at least yours truly , were going on the plane as well . |
| 15 | But then that would mean that you 'd have to have assessed people in whatever it was they were going on the training course before |
| 16 | When Pietro told us that you were going on the pay-off I felt that you should know what you were getting yourself into . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I got my chemistry degree and like everybody else I applied for whatever jobs were going at the time . |
| 18 | In those days there was n't a great deal of of mining , I mean was n't open , and er there was a tremendous amount , well there 's a fair amount of of traffic agricultural traffic , and I mean one had to accept that virtually everything came in , all coal , road stone , erm goods required er for well 's who were going at the time , they er they used the railway . |
| 19 | ‘ We were going to the cinema — last night . |
| 20 | Mary came in , sat briefly with Alice , said she and Reggie were going to the cinema . |
| 21 | It was a bright , sunny morning , + mum + I were going to the school exchange for some uniform . |
| 22 | Tonight they were going to the theatre . |
| 23 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 24 | Oh are you going , oh I did n't realize you were going to the pub I thought you were going out somewhere . |
| 25 | Better still , instead of retreating back to the crossroads , they were going to the cover of the dark wood which ran like a bastion down the left flank of the French route to Quatre Bras . |
| 26 | They were so green that they were going to the CAB to find out about unions . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , she did , but it was when we were going to the station to see him off . |
| 28 | And I mean you yourself , you know , during the Westland you you you left a cabinet meeting , apparently Mrs Thatcher thought you were going to the loo and you went on television to say , I 'm resigning because I think she 's got it wrong over Westland . |
| 29 | or if they were going to the university they would n't of gone there for the interview |
| 30 | We just could n't get off we had the Metropolitan Police escorting us through you see , to the , we were going to the south . |