Example sentences of "going [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | – Now this remark implied that she was going to mount a substantial assault on the traditional nature of Cabinet government , which is collective discussion — free-ranging before decisions are reached . |
| 2 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 3 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 4 | I 'm going to see a wee lassie tonight ; maybe she 's not as pretty as Helen , but after I have a word with her , then maybe , just maybe , she 'll let you put that cock of yours into action . |
| 5 | I remember my father saying earlier that we 're going to see a big television . |
| 6 | In even the worst-run sales department , the danger that you are going to lose a key sale is recognized and every effort is made , within the limited headroom that you have , to try and retain it . |
| 7 | They 're going for promotion and there was no way they were going to lose a 2-goal lead . |
| 8 | But who 's going to drive a flaming car in reverse for thousands and thousands of miles ? |
| 9 | The minister is going to miss a good match . ’ |
| 10 | Lili was going to wear a crimson redingote of stiff taffeta with dull pewter buttons all down the front , a skull cap of crimson velvet atop her rusty curls , grey gun-metal stockings and gloves , and Egyptian crimson slippers . |
| 11 | But it does n't mean to say that you are sending somebody who says he 's a Conservative , going to support a Conservative government , and the moment he gets there is to be found all over the place . |
| 12 | We 're going to wait a little while . ’ |
| 13 | It has an innocent enough title — The Needs of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers from their Medical Departments in the 1990s — and in it he very reasonably argues that an increasingly sophisticated public , provided with alarming insights concerning drugs like Opren and thalidomide by such philosophical weeklies as the Sunday Times , is going to demand a great deal more information about the many medicines doctors so recklessly prescribe , ( Those are n't quite the terms he uses , by the way . ) |
| 14 | Your roll of wire will be worth an exploratory dig , tools become toys to be kicked around and chewed , and your jumper which you foolishly left hanging on the fence is now going to suffer a life-threatening crisis . |
| 15 | ‘ They were going to try a new drug on him which had never been tested on a human being before in an effort to try and stop the progress of the tumour . |
| 16 | I 'm , I 'm going to try a little experiment which er , which may not work . |
| 17 | And tonight he was going to meet a magnificent girl called Jane Ashton who worked in the Y.M.C.A. canteen in the village of Chavigny . |
| 18 | The one thing that John Milton knew from the moment when he first began to reflect on his destiny , was that he was going to write a great poem . |
| 19 | I 'm glad you like my essay , but I do n't like what you 're doing ’ , or would he think ‘ oh dear I 've got to put with this or she 's going to write a bad report on me ’ . |
| 20 | Going to write a little note to the examiner , are n't you . |
| 21 | My hands are going to write a single word on the outside of the empty folder , in the space for Subject . |
| 22 | Well it , if they 're , if they 're pointed going to come , if we 're going to come a full member of the Common Mark it 's no laughing , we laughed , we laughed at bloody Hitler did n't we ? |
| 23 | Er the county council acknowledges that inward investment is important but because of the nature of the local economy and competition elsewhere , I think we realistically look at it in terms of er it going to provide a small contribution to the local economy . |
| 24 | Should you accept a package deal that contains many assets but some businesses that are going to provide a hefty cash drain ? |
| 25 | The new Sun was clearly going to provide a Conservative voice for the tabloid market and would eat further into its declining sales , so the Sketch died a quiet and unsurprising death . |
| 26 | The opposite bank — which stands for success — seems very near but between where we stand and the opposite bank there is a ravine which is going to absorb a great deal of money . |
| 27 | With the next trowel-full I 'm going to find a new species and I keep hoping they 'll name it after me . |
| 28 | Curved , yes , he had expected that , he had known he was n't going to find a flat plateau , but something to hold on to he had expected , a double ridge perhaps , pipes or cables , not what was in fact there , nothing more than shallow flanges at the tops of the double-leaf doors . |
| 29 | I 'm , I 'm going to find a quiet room because I 've got to do some . |
| 30 | The right code can only be issued to them if the tax inspector knows about their National Insurance pension ; so it is very important for your parents to let the Tax Office know in advance if they are going to receive a National Insurance retirement pension . |