Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had n't been dead already the shock of his going to prison would have killed her . |
| 2 | It is not ( like the rain in the example of my going to London ) just another reason to be added to the others , a reason to stand alongside the others when one reckons which way is better supported by reason . |
| 3 | She grunted assent , and he filled the coffee percolator , set it on the stove and then rooted around in the refrigerator for the ketchup , while he wondered how to approach the subject of his going to New York . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's fair to say that we liked the thought of it going to somewhere like Embsay , which does n't have any other big engines , because it will do a good bit of flag flying for us there . ’ |
| 5 | The thought of us going to America only three times it 's upset her . |
| 6 | To me , it seems that my felt desire for coffee is the cause of my going to the kitchen . |
| 7 | It is therefore natural to speak of my desire for coffee as the cause of my going to the kitchen ; a quite different kind of cause would be operating if someone twisted my arm behind my back and forced me to go . |
| 8 | The order , won by DEC and its prime contractor Computer Sciences Corporation , calls for $4.2m worth of DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP machines immediately with the possibility of it going to 2,500 boxes , a value of $30m , over the next four years . |