Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [subord] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People coming from outside town do n't know what 's going on so they 're just getting booked . |
| 2 | At this point we were told that the WO often found it difficult to get a clear indication of what was going on until it was too late to intervene without revocation being necessary . |
| 3 | Well in these days , but I mean years and years ago , I mean you , people did n't know what half of that 's going on because there was n't the media coverage any way . |
| 4 | Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror . ’ |
| 5 | Amphibians , crustaceans and fish that live in such conditions have to evolve some method of holding on if they are not to be swept away and end up in the sea . |
| 6 | T.V. is relatively difficult to get onto , in terms of you taking the initiatives , you contact the B B C or I T V and say , ‘ I have a thing which you ought to have , ’ and unless it 's really outstanding , the chances are relatively small of getting on unless you are very lucky or you know somebody or you just hit the right spot at the right time . |
| 7 | Negotiations dragging on where there is apparently little separating the two sides ( quite likely in the case of job evaluation where a five point difference in a grade boundary might represent hundreds of posts ) can lead to accusations of bad faith and a potentially dangerous deterioration in the general climate of industrial relations . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |