Example sentences of "[conj] going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The field-worker was able to spend as much time in the field as the principal investigator thought necessary , and no restrictions were placed on her going out on patrol , travelling in vehicles , or going to incidents of routine police duty . |
| 2 | People are switching off , or going to the video shop , in droves . |
| 3 | This at least gives him the freedom to go out for air and to do errands such as visiting local shops or going to the hairdresser . |
| 4 | Green is the ‘ go-ahead ’ code for the type of behaviour you want from your children , the actions you always remember to praise and encourage : sharing toys with another child , perhaps , or going to bed without a prolonged fuss . |
| 5 | Routines help a child to master daily tasks like feeding , washing or going to sleep , so that more can be achieved with less effort . |
| 6 | A. Each day , in the Mersey estuary , some twenty or thirty ships are arriving or going to sea . |
| 7 | Kreitman and Chowdhury ( 1973b ) found that the most common reason given for not getting in touch with a helping agency was that the overdose was seen as a way of relieving strain or going to sleep . |
| 8 | During the next three months Alexander spent all his hard-earned money visiting the theatre , art galleries or going to concerts . |
| 9 | Although the family in the orthodox reader can not exist at all — there is no family so griefless , angerless , humourless , or so utterly devoid of conflict as the family in the orthodox reader — it is recognisable in externals … the detached house … father at leisure with the lawnmower ( or going to the office with the brief case ) , the large dog and the aristocratic cat , the tidy organised family consisting only of one father , one mother , one son , one daughter . |
| 10 | ‘ Small Agricultural Tractor ’ — unladen weight not more than 2550 kg may be driven in the course of agricultural operations on any road which is not a restricted road or on any road ( other than a Special Road ) while taking or going to and from a driving test . |
| 11 | If you insure all the property in your flat against theft , fire etc. you have less of an incentive to make the place thief-proof and to check over it carefully before going out or going to bed than if you were not insured . |
| 12 | If he hears a form / gene / , is he to render this in the orthography as gon na ( which for some readers may have a peculiarly American association ) or gointuh or going to ? |
| 13 | Well yes , but do n't we all use artificial aids of one kind or another ; try eating your dinner without a knife and fork or going to Australia without an aeroplane . |
| 14 | Ships — two- and three-masters — would frequently glide by as if on skates , coming from or going to the river 's mouth . |
| 15 | Not just that the money came from insider dealing , but the weapons were n't coming from any official supplier or going to one of the usual customers . ’ |
| 16 | These include the best man losing the ring , or going to the wrong church , and the groom finding the wrong woman when he lifts the veil . |
| 17 | People with schizophrenia who are discharged from hospital to live with relatives who are over-critical , disapproving or who express a high level of anxiety and tension , are more likely to suffer early relapse than those returning to a neutral or tolerant atmosphere , and spending less time in daily contact with other members of the family , possibly by attending a day centre or going to work , seems to help some sufferers to cope with an emotionally charged home environment . |
| 18 | And the ship is either in , or going to , Bilbao . |
| 19 | Secondly , these falling yields mean that it is becoming cheaper for firms and individuals to borrow by issuing new claims like bonds and equities or going to building societies , by comparison with borrowing from banks . |
| 20 | It was when they started being invited out for dinner , or going to restaurants for special occasions , that she remembered he knew about different kinds of food . |
| 21 | Although dozens of political detainees had been released in August 1990 and in March 1991 , the report said that more than 100 political prisoners continued to be held , some " for up to seven years without ever being charged or going to trial " . |
| 22 | 2 After 2 days ' absence , supervisor should again try to make contact by telephoning or going to the person 's house . |
| 23 | ‘ What , the rat-race or going to Uni reunions ? ’ |
| 24 | We have had a very good year , thanks to the indefatigable Bugs sitting behind me , who is either fitting the boats out or going to New Zealand to win races or taking Guide Dogs for the Blind sponsored trips round greek flotillas er everything comes to him readily . |
| 25 | I think it 's three miles from the er Naburn works or going to the east York main link sewer . |
| 26 | you 'd be expected to , to do a lot of work by yourself , and that 's reflecting the fact that erm you 'll probably have four or five lessons in each of your three subjects , but most people would choose three subjects for A level , and that means that er , when you 're not having lessons , you 've got a lot of time that is not accountable for , you will have been , or going to a general studies period and stuff like that , but there will be a fair number of private study periods , erm , there are some people I think who , who go overboard , and you 've got such a different approach erm from er the lower sixth , people do n't use the time that they have , erm , what I 'm really saying is that if you go into the sixth form and you spend less school time in the sixth form you do n't need to be prepared |
| 27 | Mm , or going to Paris on the honeymoon ! |
| 28 | What about might be going out with his mum or something , or going to his gran 's . |
| 29 | France boasts a rich and varied tradition of film-making where going to the cinema is an accepted part of people 's cultural and intellectual lives . |
| 30 | Having your hair cut in a professional salon can be even more traumatic than going to the dentist . |