Example sentences of "be going [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er they 're going through the courts now . |
| 2 | you 're going through the motions |
| 3 | The first one coming up in a moment is the London to Sydney car marathon , we 're going on the roads of India and Australia . |
| 4 | Yes er we 're going to the drugs squad Dave and I the launch of a new hotline which is where people can report dealers , a little bit sceptical about its success but we 've spent quite a lot on posters and business cards . |
| 5 | We 're going to the ruins , remember ? |
| 6 | ‘ You 're going to the police ? ’ |
| 7 | And finally tonight , if you 're going to the dogs at Armadale , Eubank runs in the fifth and Madonna goes in the tenth . |
| 8 | ‘ But this afternoon we 're going to the shops . |
| 9 | Erm I take it we 're we 're going to the shops and you all |
| 10 | They 're going round the caravans . |
| 11 | They 're going round the sides of a hollow . |
| 12 | It had been a slow job , but as all this had been going on the elvers had been flooding into the basin . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been going to the races and washing up the dishes with my wife , as I need a bit of a rest before I start . |
| 14 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 15 | Thirty minutes earlier she had been going up the stairs to read the newspaper on the toilet . |
| 16 | Front Benchers and Back Benchers have been going through the hoops , trying to devise a system that is fair and is always related to ability to pay . |
| 17 | His secretary had been out to lunch , and he had been going through the files stored on the disk she was currently using , looking for a copy of a contract that he urgently needed to check . |
| 18 | The same thoughts had been going through the minds of two other women with disabilities . |
| 19 | ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said . |
| 20 | And he should n't have been going in the woods , should he ? |
| 21 | I am going to do so and so , or I am going to the pictures or I , I 'm going to so and so 's for tea . |
| 22 | We are going to the islands . ’ |
| 23 | " Very well ; but , as we are going to the islands where there is such a darkness that a spoon might stand up in it , we must first go to the bright home of the sun and ask for one of his rays . " |
| 24 | Coun Tony Chilton told the Borough 's development and environment committee yesterday : ‘ The benefits which are going to the towns seem very unfair , very biased . |
| 25 | I am delighted to report that Paul and his colleagues are going to the barricades to fight the council 's decision . |
| 26 | But things really are going to the dogs . ’ |
| 27 | Half are going to the regions , especially the south-west . |
| 28 | Now it seems a lot more are going to the dealers . |
| 29 | The children would come in , perhaps their friends are going to the pictures , and sometimes I 'd cry because I know mine ca n't go . |
| 30 | 12–12:30 is a little early for me — it 's my first time in london so i guess i will go for a sight-seeing or something … except to see me around 13:00–13:30. anyone know if the shops are open in newcastle on sunday ? we are going for the newcastle-scousers game . |