Example sentences of "going [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 2 | If I was going to lose the tournament , I was going to lose by going right over the flag , not to the left or the right . |
| 3 | Well I 've seen er the it 's receiving er message and suddenly the message cutting out the sea going right over the aerial . |
| 4 | The DEA 's on-going , controlled deliveries were going right past the end of my desk . |
| 5 | Already we 're seeing sector the er , those er new independent colleges coming along and saying do you recognize , er G M B and er during the single union agreement with UNISON and we 've got ta get our act together cos the only with thing that 's going on , we 're seeing local authorities getting smashed up and we 're seeing UNISON which will be going right across the board . |
| 6 | Do you have them going right to the edge ? |
| 7 | With your looks and your talent , what 's to stop you going right to the top ? ’ |
| 8 | Time was getting short ; she must talk to Dana , and this time she was going right to the top . |
| 9 | Here 's what Gray said in September 1985 , a month before he was sacked : ‘ There are lads in the team who are going right to the top . |
| 10 | Mr Lawson began his speech by going right to the heart of the political problem — last week 's 1-point hike in interest rates . |
| 11 | I was just looking at that , going right off the subject but er that Uri Geller ? |
| 12 | If a trailer begins to ‘ snake ’ , the swinging often develops so quickly that within seconds there is no way of stopping it and avoiding going right off the road . |
| 13 | It was pointless him going right through the centre because he was incurring far too much damage and eventually he would be shot down . |
| 14 | He searched everywhere for it , going right through the village , asking people if they 'd seen it . |
| 15 | Actually , actually the installation date is oh blimey , Pats , you 're going right down the drain , ai n't you ? |
| 16 | Usually Beth accompanied her to town , but , seeing as the Hansom would be going right by the flower-shop , she had arranged for Cissie to be dropped off there . |
| 17 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |
| 18 | It is not good enough , therefore , to operate monetary policy merely by reference to what is going on outside the window on a particular day . |
| 19 | In such circumstances the individual can not think entirely of himself , and certainly the therapist can no longer afford the luxury of ignoring everything that is going on outside the consulting room ; finally , in the specific circumstances of psychoanalytic theory , the individualistic fallacy can no longer go unchallenged . |
| 20 | I lost track of what was going on outside the alley until the officer tapped her shoulder with his revolver and waved it in my face . |
| 21 | Marketing is the one function of management which has to be more concerned with what is going on outside the organization than with what is happening internally . |
| 22 | Colborne was pulling the other way : he said there was a social revolution going on outside the palace gates ; he believed young people needed leadership as they never had needed it before , and the Prince was the one who could lead them . |
| 23 | And so whilst we were conscious of the fact that erm management were pursuing this policy to introduce the new system , we were just as conscious that we were going to protect our members er and have prior consultation , and that 's the operative and effective word as far as shop stewards are concerned , to have prior consultation , before anybody accepted going on to the scheme . |
| 24 | A land-based board mounted on a turntable device which is used to teach the basics before going on to the water . |
| 25 | Now these are , cards are typed right going on to the sub-committee . |
| 26 | And going on to the corn , the er time when it was ripe , was there a test that the farmer would use to see that his corn was ripe for cutting ? |
| 27 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 28 | And er then I would see the two two or three cleaners coming out and going on to the coach and cleaning them , and I would say to them , What are they for ? |
| 29 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 30 | When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’ |