Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [be] going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | up onto the horse you 're going on , you go straight in off the road . |
| 2 | One feels guilty about not having understood better what was going on . |
| 3 | I asked a passing cop what was going on , but he just double-took on me and snarled , ‘ You would n't believe it . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Chairman we did tackle very successfully er under utilities where we employ an extra couple of officers , I even asked the question at for County Council what was going on , we , I think we 've got something further on the agenda elsewhere where we 're trying to keep our stand standards up , but I still feel that if we 're going to be able to deliver a promise we 've got to deliver it , if it means monitoring the erm utilities then I think we should do it . |
| 5 | ‘ I involved myself by phoning the hotel to find out from the boss what was going on . |
| 6 | It 's a shame it 's going on under a microscope , spotlight or whatever but erm . |
| 7 | moving back a bit to get the bigger picture what 's going on |
| 8 | You know that stuff he was going on about for special like continuous pressure and all that sort of crap . |
| 9 | supposed to let your wife what 's going on . |
| 10 | No one had told Customs and Excise what was going on . |
| 11 | Right away then I got the feeling something was going on . |
| 12 | I just like , I just like , I know places , like I was told when I was meeting the girls yesterday , I did n't know what road I was going on I was just telling like , people names of the pubs and luckily this , like , bloke behind me getting on the bus , said oh you need a like , a seventy P or something and that 's when I knew where I was going and everyone 's like telling me where to get off , everyone gestures to me . |
| 13 | Here 's mister tape recorder what 's going on then ? |
| 14 | I had n't really thought about it , it 's erm it all depends on what farm I 'm going on cos I 've or erm cows an , cows and bullocks , you know . |
| 15 | No bu I 'm sorry , the other thing I 'm sorry I should have said the other thing I 'm going on is when things were last done , |
| 16 | All other things which are done instead of talking are a waste of time , are being used as excuses to delay the whole process , and will bear no fruit whatsoever , except the killing which is going on every day … |
| 17 | While the assaults were carried out , Marron played hymns and the Hallelujah Chorus , to drown out his victims cries and stop other people in the house hearing what was going on . |
| 18 | I 'd like the people of Cambridge city to know that we do care about the people that are in dire situations financially and that we realise we we have got a problem in housing in the city and that maybe we should be saying no matter what 's going on nationally , that locally we want to pinpoint our social housing towards those people that we feel are financially less off and in more unfortunate situations erm get ghetto creation has been mentioned and I I would n't consider council houses to be ghetto . |
| 19 | Viola 's right leg ( stockinged ) and a frizz of her pubic hair next to his would show the discerning viewer what was going on . |
| 20 | You know , but they should be criticised out of hand what 's going on in this country but they bloody do n't ! |
| 21 | Of course what is going on in the Bolsover area is a matter of great concern to the hon. Gentleman , as it is to me and to the whole House . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , May , ’ he said , ‘ if you 're not careful you 'll end up at the funny farm the way you 're going on . ’ |
| 23 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd 've laid odds you would , ’ said Constance , ‘ the way you were going on . ’ |
| 25 | One of the girls in the company , ever such a nice little thing she was , she thought she 'd got into trouble ; well , I could 've told her she would , the way she was going on — actors — you would n't believe ! |
| 26 | Because it 's silly the way we 're going on . |
| 27 | We 've had the speakers up here saying that they 're going out , they 're knocking on doors , so you know , it 's not just about money , but I tell you what if they go on in the way they 're going on there 's no way Joe Bloggs is going out quite tonight on a vote night saying come out and give us your vote . |
| 28 | the way they 're going on ! |
| 29 | And maybe I should try that Basie trio he was going on about . |
| 30 | He obviously did n't have the faintest idea it was going on . ’ |