Example sentences of "they [be] going [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An oncologist may have to diagnose a malignant tumour several times a day , an ophthalmologist may have to tell five patients , in the one day , that they are going blind . |
| 2 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 3 | And they 're going hundred mile an hour ! |
| 4 | cos they 're going all weekend |
| 5 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 6 | They went into a quiet period a few years ago it was very quiet erm but er yes they 're they 're going strong . |
| 7 | Cos look if they 're going that way they need th they need the paddle outwards |
| 8 | but if they 're going that way they need it Can I |
| 9 | I mean , for that I could have , do a lovely one for under , a reasonable price , and they 're going straight for the cord . |
| 10 | They 're going wild again in Wyoming |
| 11 | They 're going wild ! |
| 12 | normally though I 'd ask you but I , time they 're gon na get rid of there nice leather chairs , and if they 're going bankrupt |
| 13 | They 're going they 're going some too I tell you you 'd got to keep your head down . |
| 14 | They 're going mad . ’ |
| 15 | So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them . |
| 16 | They 're going alright until they come to The Chair . |
| 17 | I ca n't tell you who to love , or how to love : those school courses would be how-not-not-to as much as how-to classes ( it 's like creative writing — you ca n't teach them how to write or what to write , only usefully point out where they 're going wrong and save them time ) . |
| 18 | Zen obediently rose and followed , wondering as a dog perhaps does at his stupidity in not understanding why they were going that way , where their enemies lay in wait . |
| 19 | Hours in the swamp and when they were going all thick and heavy there , he used to go round about October , just for that one day , and shoot as much as he could , and bring them into the mansion . |
| 20 | ‘ We were n't in helicopters ourselves — that was just Steve 's band and Eric 's band , because they were going straight back to Chicago . |
| 21 | So that 's why their policies might seem a little bit wishy-washy in that how that if they were going straight for a rich peasant economy then perhaps you would have expected a more spectacular economic growth , but there was n't and perhaps this was because they did n't actually go positively just for a rich peasant economy , they were trying to achieve a greater degree of erm egalitarianism in the countryside at the same time . |
| 22 | It would be the same as me going to a medical conference or to the stock exchange and telling them where they were going wrong . |
| 23 | said to me about Pauline 's kids her three lads , not the baby like the two lads she said , oh she said er they came to play one night , or they came for tea or something and she goes to work at night you know , she said Paul was looking after them and she said , he said you could hear all this banging up and down the stairs , he said , bloody hell he said they were going mad , and I thought that 's what Tom and Hannah do when they come here , I said your two bang up and down like bloody anything I said that 's normal , you know for kids . |
| 24 | They were going crazy , just like Buff . |