Example sentences of "[modal v] be going [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must be going as senile as Mark H thinks . |
| 2 | They must be going absolutely mad about East Germany must n't they ? |
| 3 | Certainly we 're concerned that someone may be going around educational establishments and we 're appealing for anyone else who may have seen this man to get in touch with us . |
| 4 | Behind the screens the company has erected against the outside world it looks as though the demerger plans may be going badly astray . |
| 5 | I was beginning to think that I would be going home fishless when I found myself singing , ‘ He shall feed his flock ’ ; and fell to musing upon how well I would be able to feed five , let alone five thousand , given the reluctance of the fish to show even a snout above the surface . |
| 6 | While it would be going too far to claim that social surveys such as these by themselves induced major political change , it would be dangerous to ignore their significant contribution . |
| 7 | And all agreed most bitterly , though no one uttered it , that they would be going back derided and disgraced . |