Example sentences of "was go [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police raided the Crown in Dock'ead an' stopped the boxin' that was goin' on there , an' they nicked a lot o' street bookies who was there at the time . |
| 2 | Why did n't you tell me I was goin' too fast ? ’ |
| 3 | Of the increased expenditure DM5,800 million was to go either directly or indirectly to East Germany , while DM220 million was for food aid to the Soviet Union and DM60 million for humanitarian aid to Romania . |
| 4 | I heard the piano strike up : Polly was to go over again a difficult duet with Laurence . |
| 5 | All he wanted was to go back home to his wife and his teaching . |
| 6 | Our aim was to go as far as the Wellenkuppe ( 3,903 metres ) , a beautiful mountain in its own right . |
| 7 | Withdrawal from the Coalition Government was critical if the process was to go any further : how could Labour make genuinely independent peace overtures to the German socialists while retaining its direct involvement in the Lloyd George Government ? |
| 8 | Once it had achieved this , if it was to go any further it would have to arouse their interest . |
| 9 | On to the last day and Nicklaus — who was putting in a charge in front of us attempting the third part of the grand slam , having won the Masters and the US Open in 1972 — and everything was going reasonably well until the 7th , the hare hole . |
| 10 | ‘ If you had asked me a year ago , ’ said Roycroft , ‘ I 'd have said everything was going wonderfully well — but then it all fell apart . ’ |
| 11 | It was going rather well , she thought . |
| 12 | He knew he could get away safely because he had a reading back in London that evening , and it could n't lead to further meetings because he was going away soon . |
| 13 | And of course , when Corrie left , changed into her new suit , her mother , emotional after the ceremony , had had another little upset at the fact that she was going away too , just when she needed some comfort for one daughter 's departure . |
| 14 | It was a secret — if my parents had known she was going away alone they would have soon put the kybosh on it . |
| 15 | ‘ I think what was going on today was fine . |
| 16 | When the computer was the domain of the ‘ data processing department ’ — with double doors to keep out unwanted irritants like dirt , warm air and people who did n't understand what was going on within — the resident team of programmers and operators went unchallenged . |
| 17 | Everything was going on well till the machine broke down . |
| 18 | Ordinary life was going on outside . ’ |
| 19 | The Doctor was using a pocket mirror to see what was going on outside without sticking his head out of the window , Howard was over by a small stove cooking several breakfasts , the hospital staff were milling about seeing to their patients , and Petion was being shaved by an orderly using a piece of broken glass . |
| 20 | Pearce had shoved Devlin back into one of the upholstered reception seats ; keeping one eye on him , the other on what was going on outside . |
| 21 | He was not reacting to this latest development , but to something that was going on outside . |
| 22 | Donna sucked in a deep breath and headed for the stairs , intent on getting a clearer look at what was going on outside . |
| 23 | She crept back to the door and pressed her ear against it , trying to figure out what was going on outside . |
| 24 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 25 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 26 | And then Wayne climbed out onto the cruiser 's deck , and they let the subject drop , and Wayne was left standing there glancing from one to the other , damned sure that something was going on here , and equally damned if he could tell what it was . |
| 27 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |
| 28 | What was going on here ? |
| 29 | If you wanted to tell someone what was going on here , there are many different sentences that you might use . |
| 30 | The song had ended , and dancing was going on again . |