Example sentences of "thing [was/were] going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lugh of the Longhand thought things were going rather well . |
| 2 | In fact , things were going rather well for me and I had gotten engaged to a very nice girl , Jane Wilde . |
| 3 | Things were going deceptively well . |
| 4 | The General beamed ; things were going much better now . |
| 5 | Things were going as badly as they could . |
| 6 | One evening at dinner , just as things were going quite tamely , a toad came into the dining-room . |
| 7 | Things were going all right , the evening was a success . |
| 8 | On 5 January 1201 Philip , the notary , and Cardinal Guido were sent : they had gone before Egidius returned with the news that things were going very badly for Otto . |
| 9 | Mr Honecker evidently felt that things were going so well he could afford to relax and give his people what they wanted most : more freedom to travel to the West . |
| 10 | Things were going so well that she did n't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for . |
| 11 | ‘ Damn it , we should have known things were going too well . ’ |
| 12 | A decisive victory in a battle brought patriotic celebration , while at other times when things were going less well the failure to seek a peace could swing sentiment the other way . |