Example sentences of "they [was/were] going [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they came close we watched as they demonstrated the subtle science of reading the often obscure words of the hymn and seeing where they were going at the same time . |
| 2 | But then that would mean that you 'd have to have assessed people in whatever it was they were going on the training course before |
| 3 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 4 | Yeah , cos we was there in the August , they were n't , we moved in , in the July , there , and the girls were , Matthew was just four , cos just as we moved in our dad took Matthew to Hungary with him , it was like , it was like they were going on the following Wednesday , and he told me on the Friday , he came in on the Friday night , they planned , it was our dad , Crystal and Danielle , Crystal and Danielle , but she said even if I go out in the middle of . |
| 5 | They were so green that they were going to the CAB to find out about unions . |
| 6 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 7 | They said they were going to the local pub for a meal if I 'd like to join them . |
| 8 | Better still , instead of retreating back to the crossroads , they were going to the cover of the dark wood which ran like a bastion down the left flank of the French route to Quatre Bras . |
| 9 | Tonight they were going to the theatre . |
| 10 | And they always travelled separately , even when they were going to the same function . |
| 11 | They were going to the village . |
| 12 | And I thought they were going to the meeting er on Friday because I knew they were both off |
| 13 | or if they were going to the university they would n't of gone there for the interview |
| 14 | They were going up the stairs now . |
| 15 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 16 | Er and then I heard from Australia that they were going into the engineering exhibition in Melbourne and I offered them er a mobile display and they came back with one or two added ideas and so I changed the specification again . |
| 17 | And they were going in the next morning , oh they 'd phoned up they 'd cancelled . |