Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] [prep] going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was on the verge of going to bed when he heard footsteps in the hall . |
| 2 | She was found slumped dead on the floor after going to bed with a sore throat , the inquest heard . |
| 3 | As with most provincial newspapers , stories tend to be written in the reporters ' office with a minimum of telephone calls to check facts and with one eye on the deadline for going to press . |
| 4 | His teachers at his Plymouth school threw scorn on the idea of going to a redbrick university when he could have chosen Oxford , but he felt a strong pull towards oil engineering and displayed the stubborn streak that was later to characterise his industrial career . |
| 5 | And as failed actor — he started his career on the stage before going to the Slade to study under Legros — he found in the music hall and its world precisely those sources of inspiration which Degas had found in the corridors of the Opera , and the foetid atmosphere of the Cirque Fernando . |
| 6 | George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door . |