Example sentences of "of going [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , even assuming its feasibility , this would be a grossly stupid way of going about the business , reducing the whole delicate operation to a clumsy manipulation of crudely simplified formulae . |
| 2 | Within a couple of minutes of going over the destroyer 's port side , Donald Roy 's kilted Scotsmen were attacking the pumphouse 50 yards from the caisson ( 'H' on diagram p. 41 ) . |
| 3 | As he puffed the cigar to life , he shook his head , a man weary of going over the same ground again . |
| 4 | At ten fifty-five hours sharp Lance-Corporal Trumper stood trembling outside the colonel 's tent , almost as fearful of his commanding officer as of going over the top . |
| 5 | Speaking from NatWest 's experience of the DTI report on its role in Blue Arrow 's rights issue , Lord Alexander said : ‘ I find it a simply awful process that people of 40 years ’ experience should have to resign on the basis of judgments in the report without having the opportunity of going through the regulatory process that you in Parliament provided . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Only you are capable of going through the papers . |
| 8 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it then I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . |
| 9 | This was to avoid all the expense and trouble of going through the rigmarole of a full review for trivial reasons ( hurt pride , for instance ) and delaying the issue of the report , with the associated adverse effect on air safety . |
| 10 | On this occasion congress exercised its constitutional right to declare war , but , in retrospect , this seems to have been no more than a case of going through the motions — the age of crisis was well underway and the constitutional balance of powers would never be the same again . |
| 11 | I had no intention of going through the proper channels ; it could take weeks . |
| 12 | Instead of going through the state appellate process , the ACLU filed a test case appealing against a Philadelphia court 's decision to uphold a Pennsylvania anti-abortion law . |
| 13 | Milton groaned inwardly at the thought of going through the terrorist loop again . |
| 14 | The World Cup triple jump bronze medallist has decided to run in the 100 metres at the Cleveland County Stadium on Saturday instead of going through the motions in what would have been a practice trial in his specialist event . |
| 15 | But er it was quite interesting and er more or less you got a chance of going through the departments when you were before your time was out . |
| 16 | Cos she saw me putting the corn in and she decided she 'd try and get it by diving through the black net instead of going through the gate , like with a normal hen , you know , this one 's obviously brain dead or |
| 17 | Instead of going through the Dartford tunnel . |
| 18 | Otherwise what 's the point of going through the agony and collecting all these notes ? |
| 19 | get it , you see , but i it 's fantastic watching cos you know they were they , they it was sort of going along the |
| 20 | start date of going onto the scheme , |
| 21 | Money has a habit of going to de head |
| 22 | His teachers at his Plymouth school threw scorn on the idea of going to a redbrick university when he could have chosen Oxford , but he felt a strong pull towards oil engineering and displayed the stubborn streak that was later to characterise his industrial career . |
| 23 | It is felt that fewer people would be put off attending with other genital or sexual problems if the stigma of going to a ‘ VD ’ clinic could be dispensed with . |
| 24 | Perhaps you are fine when dealing with someone on a one-to-one basis but dread the thought of going to a party . |
| 25 | Another explained that the alternative cost of going to a library is very high . |
| 26 | I was staying in the police house — they had several police station-houses for CID men staying , instead of going to a hotel . |
| 27 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , actually I thought of going to a cinema . |
| 29 | Like tonight , faced with the ordeal of going to a grand dinner party with people who all knew each other and were far removed from her experience , she had acquitted herself proudly and well . |
| 30 | The ‘ stick ’ of going to a rival company who would use the publicity can act as another pressure . |