Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [be] go [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But they do n't speak any English , I do n't speak any Arabic , so I 'm gesturing away about the bar-tailed lark and not being able to go into the forbidden zone , and somehow or other the leader understands what I 'm going on about and makes me understand that because they 're nomads they do n't have to follow international boundaries .
2 If you do it first , you 're gon na really understand what I 'm going on about .
3 She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’
4 That 's what I 'm going out for .
5 And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about !
6 I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work .
7 I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released .
8 I du n no what she 's going on about , so I do n't say nothing .
9 I do n't know what she 's going on about .
10 ‘ I do n't know what it is about dolphins , ’ said the leading lady of the entertainment show Give Us A Clue , ‘ but you just feel that they understand what you are going on about .
11 in normal everyday things which I would n't otherwise have been aware of , and he 's been someone to have arguments with about science , and it 's nice to have someone who understands what you 're going on about .
12 ‘ That 's what you 're going on about , is n't it , Jannie ? ’
13 ‘ I do n't know what you 're going on about . ’
14 It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm ,
15 We wan na know what you 're going on about !
16 Do you know what you 're going up against ?
17 Because , what you 're going back to , just reemphasizing the point earlier , you 're speaking one-to-one , you 're not trying to convince a , a group of , of , of councillors , you 're trying to actually convey a message and , yes , you 're trying to convince , but you 're actually trying to convey a message doing one-to-one interview , across to people who know nothing about it , whereas councillors purport to know something about it .
18 So you , well then you 'll still not know what you 're going out with because you still have a few days from last week to get .
19 When she 's with other people I do n't always understand what they 're going on about and that makes me feel stupid .
20 Of course I accept that ruling entirely Mr Deputy Speaker but the point I was trying to make , I am going to give the speech very briefly indeed I do assure you , is that if you 're trying to assess the numbers er and the correctness of the numbers that are being er er going to vote for and indeed the boundaries associated with those numbers , it 's a perfectly I would have thought , fair question to ask oneself as they go off er from us as to what they are going off in to er and I I do assure you Mr Deputy Speake , I do n't plan to speak more than two minutes , two to three minutes on this matter , I do hope that you will allow me just to make a very brief point on this .
21 They understood what they were going in for .
22 I du n no what he 's going on about , so I just look at him .
23 I could n't really understand what he was going on about , and I did n't like the way he shook my hand so blummin hard .
24 And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room .
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