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 . |