Example sentences of "going [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when there was not a conflict of jurisdiction , there would often be much coming and going between the courts to ensure that the various aspects of a complex case were handled in unison ( see pp. 414 f . ) . |
| 2 | But the warning is that not every road is treated with salt — and even if it is , not every road is safe in icy conditions : and sometimes it 's even hard going for the experts . |
| 3 | The paring of hooker and tight-head going for the opponents ' ball is a great skill which will serve them well in the adult game . |
| 4 | We tried to reassure him that this was n't the case , that newspeople were merely going for the stories with the biggest hook . |
| 5 | Richard Agutter , head of Peat 's merger and acquisition network , said the relatively low average values indicated that British companies were making cross-border deals for strategic reasons ‘ rather than going for the mega-deals ’ . |
| 6 | Is there enough going for the partners — both as a couple and as individuals — to allow them to relinquish their role as parents ? |
| 7 | and then pensions are the same again except the guy 's a carpenter , a self-employed carpenter , and then finally erm there 's only one of you doing er so you Robert going for the savings , you 're doing savings are n't you ? |
| 8 | The fingerboard is wide and again lends itself well to rock styles , although if you 're into slinging guitars around your knees and just going for the chords there 's plenty of meat to get hold of . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going for the police . ’ |
| 10 | Just the same as , see there 's so many out of work the amount of people that are going for the jobs , there 's so many of them they erm they 're all got some sort of experience , even if it 's just doing a a week . |
| 11 | Power the lower leg into the target , aiming for a light smack if attacking the head , or a more solid thump if going for the ribs . |
| 12 | 12–12:30 is a little early for me — it 's my first time in london so i guess i will go for a sight-seeing or something … except to see me around 13:00–13:30. anyone know if the shops are open in newcastle on sunday ? we are going for the newcastle-scousers game . |
| 13 | It said a lot for the captain himself that his team remained confident in themselves even when results were not going for the Scots . |
| 14 | He was wondering whether he ought to start going through the clothes at once , or wait for Sergeant Burgess , when an attendant came to say that the sergeant had arrived . |
| 15 | Ballistics have had every man going through the records . ’ |
| 16 | Owen was going through the accounts with Nikos trying to find pockets of money which might still be emptied . |
| 17 | ‘ I was going through the reports , trying to size up Matthew Glynn — what made him tick . |
| 18 | It 's interesting that although these are the thoughts going through the disciples ' minds , none of them actually put them into words and asked Jesus what it was all about . |
| 19 | So concentrate and then sort of pull back a bit from it and check the main bits and a good way is going through the sounds of each syllable . |
| 20 | But er it was quite interesting and er more or less you got a chance of going through the departments when you were before your time was out . |
| 21 | Although the final decision was with Cabinet , it would be most unlikely that they would overturn the views of a committee which had spent a number of weeks going through the proposals almost line by line — particularly given that half the Cabinet were on the committee and the Prime Minister was in the chair . |
| 22 | ‘ Only you are capable of going through the papers . |
| 23 | There was something very appealing about going through the papers with a pair of scissors in your hand and then sticking your clippings into a book . ’ |
| 24 | Rella was going through the bins . |
| 25 | She hated anyone to watch her when she was going through the bins . |
| 26 | Mervyn Whyte , secretary of the meeting told me today : ‘ At this point in time he 'll not be on the front row of the grid but Billy Nutt , the clerk of the course , and myself will be going through the speeds later today and deciding the grid positions . |
| 27 | There is no substitute , in the author 's view , when drafting a settlement , for going through the provisions one by one to make certain that the settlement is not caught by one or more of them . |
| 28 | If you sp if you spend five minutes drawing a diagram or going through the equations person knows one aspect of this model in great detail , what they want to know is what was the importance of that , of that model , important results of the model . |
| 29 | I was going through the figures . |
| 30 | This usually involves going through the courts — a lengthy and expensive process . |