Example sentences of "going [adv] [prep] [art] [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 erm there 's a certain prestige about erm going on to a school .
24 There will also be a ‘ menu ’ of six visits from which visitors can choose before going on to a buffet supper with members of the Faculty .
25 After eating a full breakfast , he performed his awesome feat of batting before , in the evening , taking part in a doubles tennis match , visiting the theatre and going on to a supper party !
26 The President 's choice to succeed Mr Frohnmayer must be confirmed by the Subcommittee on Education , Arts and the Humanities , then pass a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources , before going on to a Senate vote .
27 Miss Huntley claimed to have spent the Saturday by herself in and around her flat , doing a bit of shopping and cleaning before meeting a few friends — only one of whom appeared to have an address — and going on to a party around ten o'clock at night .
28 Ideologically the Party was committed to creating a " working class united front " before going on to an alliance on the French or Spanish models .
29 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 .
30 A land-based board mounted on a turntable device which is used to teach the basics before going on to the water .
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