Example sentences of "going [adv] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Pinter occupies a unique place in contemporary theatre as a distinctive stylist , and I suggest you read some of his early short plays like The Room and The Dumb Waiter before going on to his major plays like The Birthday Party and The Caretaker . |
| 2 | Instead of starting with the birth of Jesus and going on to his ministry , death and resurrection , the first disciples began with the resurrection and showed how it made sense of the rest . |
| 3 | Two towering Indian performances lit up the fourth day , with the ‘ boy wonder ’ Tendulkar going on to his second mouthwatering century of the series , lifting his side to 272 after a ninth-wicket stand of 81 with the stubborn More , who made 43 . |
| 4 | AFTER THE MONTHS of location shooting in Cornwall , and the completion of the interiors of Straw Dogs at Twickenham Studios in London in March 1971 , Dustin returned to his New York home , determined to spend as much time as possible with his family , only going down to his production office , SweetWall Productions , on West 56th Street , for a few hours a day . |
| 5 | He would n't mind going for a labourer , though there were n't that many jobs ; nor would he have minded going down to his uncle Henry Yaxlee 's yard to help out with the horses . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
| 7 | In all those years of deception , Brian Courtenay , whether as boss of a catering-equipment firm or , later , as a humble taxi-driver , never missed going home to his wife for supper . |
| 8 | On that demanding circuit , he served his time to the troubadour 's trade , learning how to handle an audience , and going home to his law books . |
| 9 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 10 | And he loosed his grip suddenly , and stood back with an oath , his hand going up to his lip where blood appeared at the site of her teeth-marks . |
| 11 | They have n't decided yet whether my car is going up to his office or to fishing . |
| 12 | In mid-January 1930 he stood by Frank 's death-bed and imagined his heart going out to his brother . |
| 13 | Going back to his Aussie roots , he remembered the role Semillon played down there , but good Semillon is virtually non-existent in California . |
| 14 | He will return to Britain for Christmas , before going back to his job at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near Jeddah . |
| 15 | He will return to Britain for Christmas , before going back to his job at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near Jeddah . |
| 16 | That evening while wandering round the bazaar I was suddenly greeted with great friendliness by the erstwhile sufferer , who announced that he was now all right and was going back to his village next morning . |
| 17 | As he turned on the hot-water tap and got out the dish detergent , Hank abandoned the idea of going back to his garage . |
| 18 | He can start in Scotland on December 13 by going back to his world title roots with a defence against rugged American Doug DeWitt , against whom Nigel first became a world champion by winning the WBO middleweight crown back in April 1990 . |
| 19 | Nonplussed , the Captain ordered a car and , after a moment 's thought , told his sleepy adjutant that he was going back to his quarters to shave and have a coffee . |
| 20 | ‘ He said he was going back to his flat in South Kensington . |
| 21 | If radical politics have provided one consistent thread in his career , cricket has been another — going back to his early days in Derbyshire when he played for Littleover in the Notts & Derby Border League and was taught to bowl legcutters by twice-capped county coach Denis Smith : ‘ I suppose I ultimately failed him because in my rebelliousness I refused to have a decent short haircut , ’ he recalls . |
| 22 | ’ His ‘ instant portrait ’ — on the accuracy of which he prided himself enormously — was that the client was most likely a starter , could very well be a married man , children off his hands , time on his hands , going back to his own public school days ( the velvet collar on the overcoat was a giveaway ) and the boys will be boys bit or just realized very late that what he really fancied was a bit of the other and had to wallet to get it . |
| 23 | This other gentleman is going back to his seat now , ’ she said , smiling at Ryker . |
| 24 | Going back to his desk , Bob looked discreetly over Morris 's shoulder . |
| 25 | ‘ If you mean is he going back to his wife , the answer is yes . |
| 26 | He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner . |
| 27 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected on Pertini 's portrait . |
| 28 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected in Pertinis portrait . |
| 29 | He grunted and said nothing else , going back to his plate of food , apparently satisfied if not pleased . |
| 30 | A fourteen year old criminal at the centre of a row about trips to Spain paid for by social services may be going back to his grandparents ' home there for Christmas . |