Example sentences of "was going [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In other words , agricultural produce coming into Mallia was not all destined for the temple : some at least was going into private houses , presumably town houses belonging to the owners of estates in the countryside around Mallia . |
2 | Back in the 1950s , when the New York School was going into full session and paint was seriously flying in Village studios , it was always the work that was important , not the persona of the artist . |
3 | Stirling was going for broke . |
4 | Not for the first time , she was going for broke ; she tried to tell herself that nothing much bad could happen , at the worst she could be discovered and thrown out , but somehow the stakes seemed much higher . |
5 | I enjoyed Reading , a few beers , good atmosphere and some good bands , but … what the bloody hell was going on hygiene-wise ? |
6 | One detective told TODAY : ‘ He was going on overseas trips , he dressed in designer suits . |
7 | However an alarming argument which crept in , and seems here to stay , was that the ‘ cream ’ ( so called ) in terms of personnel was going to private industry . |
8 | One of the great unanswered questions in my life is why Mrs Spence was going to antenatal classes that afternoon when , as she had already had one child , she presumably had a pretty good idea of what to expect . |
9 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
10 | And after the curtain call , when he was going upstairs to the extras ' dressing-room and had bumped into Mr Potter — she was n't talking at second-hand but had actually witnessed the scene — far from showing remorse he had confronted him as though he was going to head-butt him for the second time . |
11 | ‘ He said he was going to trained to go on a crash team . |
12 | He was going to public school in England after the Christmas holidays were over . |
13 | Yes , I thought , but then there 's , but briefly er Sue , I was going to wanted to point out in fact er you just er if you do n't mind Paul I 'll just go back |
14 | Certainly , Mr Wheeler convinced me that his company was going to huge lengths to keep itself clean . |
15 | I was going to old Chris , I said I said he should play in the class . |
16 | And it was getting dragged back and the engine was going like mad trying to push it along and the wind was pushing me back , and I was thinking am I going forwards or backward here ? |