Example sentences of "going [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a strong long-distance cyclist , not a racer , and tended to get off his bike going downhill in case the brakes failed , but ride up everything . |
| 2 | They have the same wistful air as the terrace further back , as if they too had once entertained hopes of the lane going somewhere in life . |
| 3 | I talk to a lot of people about ‘ the train option ’ , i.e. the option of going somewhere by train rather than car . |
| 4 | Instead of taking it over a thirty five year period , what you would then have is that you go up very steeply let's say by putting lump sums or er regular capital premiums erm which you 'll receive a tax refund and then it stops but the benefits of the fund keep going so at age sixty they would have the same effect of reaching your pension there with no contributions |
| 5 | They 're going overland by motorbike ; it 's all in aid of SNAP the charity that stands for Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents at the John Radcliffe Hospital . |
| 6 | She wishes to initiate a spread by going long in kryptonite futures ( currently priced at £50 000 each for one ton for delivery in 12 months ) and short in phlogiston futures ( currently priced at £10 000 each for 1000 lbs for delivery in 12 months ) . |
| 7 | He announced he was going just in time to overshadow reports of Mr Major 's humiliation on the evening TV news bulletins . |
| 8 | The following unusual use of to provides further confirmation of this : ( 25 ) She waited , Kate Croy , for her father to come in , but he kept her unconscionably , and there were moments at which she showed herself , in the glass over the mantel , a face positively pale with the irritation that had brought her to the point of going away without sight of him . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're going away up north , are n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | Cos our Lianne said to me on Thursday mother I 'm only going away for week . |
| 11 | ’ Growing up is not just the pain of going away to school ; it is also the acceptance of the values of the adult world . |
| 12 | There are some boys and girls going away to school , their fathers and mothers filling up the moments of waiting with many injunctions in order to shut out their anxieties which their children must not see . |
| 13 | I thought that by going away to school I would be leaving nothing behind . |
| 14 | He 's scared stiff of going away to school and all this ‘ Irish ’ nonsense is just an excuse to get out of it . |
| 15 | She did not go on to express the next thought in her mind : thank goodness Annabel was going away to school , and very soon the association would be closed , for its continuance would create an impossible situation . |
| 16 | The preparations for going away on holiday are the same as those outlined in Chapter Seven for going into hospital . |
| 17 | Always take extra clothes hangers if you 're going away on holiday . |
| 18 | If you are going away on holiday like I go away on holiday and probably some your colleagues and you 're going abroad for two three weeks , it makes commonsense to try and protect your home as soon as you possibly , as much as you can by isolating the risk . |
| 19 | I said I could n't stop the night because I was going away on holiday early the next morning . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you going away on holiday this year ? ’ the woman asked her . |
| 21 | They were bubbling in the car because they were going away on holiday . |
| 22 | Rather than rooting out a selection of screwdrivers before going away from base , the pack and ‘ T ’ handle were thrown in . |
| 23 | I mean , it could have very easily gone from there to everybody following a different path — going away from rock'n'roll and getting into jazz , or I do n't know what . |
| 24 | On the other hand , Type II systems by allowing patients to seek treatment anywhere , may avoid inequalities resulting from Districts having different priorities , since patients can override those local priorities by going elsewhere for treatment . |
| 25 | ‘ I ’ m going downstairs to bed . ’ |
| 26 | And if you were going above of course , that note would be ? |
| 27 | The initial investment and costs of occasional replacements are well repaid by improvements in behaviour and happier children which reduces the number of tales going home of playground fighting and bullying . |
| 28 | He 'd want to spend some of my hard-saved eighty-five pounds ( less rail £7.50 , £3.75 hair-cut , £5 for Scabby Woman and B 'n' B £14 — plus bits of loose change ) before going home to Mum . |
| 29 | ‘ He said he was feeling tired and was going home to bed . ’ |
| 30 | Nails slept at the stables almost every night , apparently going home for breakfast . |