Example sentences of "going [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The shop had been going since before the Second World War . |
2 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
3 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
4 | Add to this the fact that everything here can cost considerably less than almost anywhere else , and it becomes hard to see why young people go anywhere other than this sophisticated , cosmopolitan , exciting and dynamic resort , which we think is particularly good for those going abroad for the first time . |
5 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
6 | Do n't know why you 're going there in the first place . |