Example sentences of "going [adv] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | going equably its way , a dogged strip |
| 2 | Her head was covered in a white coif with a white shawl shaped in the form of a triangle going down her back like a liripipe . |
| 3 | Frozen as she was , Ruth felt a shudder going down her spine . |
| 4 | She felt a tingle going down her spine that could have been romance or could just as well have been the drink . |
| 5 | And the dog going down his leg . |
| 6 | Mam would n't say anything because she did n't want to throw it in his face that it was her money going down his throat . |
| 7 | Willie watches his brother close his eyes on the tawny liquid going down his throat , showing a strangely poignant mixture of contempt and envy . |
| 8 | Practical PC recently received a heart-rending letter from a reader and while it was already too late to help in her particular case it is worth going over her story to prevent others from falling into the same trap . |
| 9 | At the moment he 's under control , but I do n't want to give him time to try going over my head . ’ |
| 10 | You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway . |
| 11 | TRAP THREE : Going over your limit on a credit card can lead to two main headaches . |
| 12 | ‘ It certainly was n't like we were all hanging out and going over our box office figures , ’ Lowe says . |
| 13 | About a month ago , the Oscars started going off their food , except for the occasional earthworm . |
| 14 | He was afraid she was going off her head , and this made him unreasonably irritable . |
| 15 | ‘ My old man 's going off his head , you know . |
| 16 | See , my old man , he was going off his nut , right . |
| 17 | Stops me going off my head , anyway ! |
| 18 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 19 | There was some sort of monitor with dials which I could n't make head nor tail of , two drip stands with tubes — one lot going up her nose , the other into her arm — and her right leg was coated in plaster and suspended in mid air by a pulley contraption on which the Spanish Inquisition probably held the patent . |
| 20 | Yet when Carr realised that everything was not going quite his way , he came out and declared that ‘ the GAA had made an enemy in him . ’ |
| 21 | Since going there my brother has got ‘ O ’ level Grade A in Maths . |