Example sentences of "be going on [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had been going on in her cabin could only have led to one thing , and that was something that must never happen again . |
| 2 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 3 | ‘ Has something been going on in my kitchen ? |
| 4 | Can anyone give me a brief update on what exactly has been going on in my absence , i.e. who is being sold and why ? |
| 5 | He was uneasy about what had been going on in his absence , which had lasted for some months . |
| 6 | Arms akimbo , her face still white under her heavy makeup , she snarled : ‘ Will one of you please explain what 's been going on behind my back ? ’ |
| 7 | She was going her own sweet way , totally unconcerned about what might be going on in her wake . |
| 8 | But one of the most persistent and pernicious myths we 've inherited from Descartes is that mentality is essentially conscious , so that anything we ca n't introspect ca n't really be going on in our mind . |
| 9 | On several occasions they had er displayed guns where people would back into their driveway or er show some indication that they were going on to their property , then guns were revealed , people coming out of the the buildings out there with guns and what have you . |
| 10 | After touring the factory Mr Lilley said talks were going on with his department , the EC and industries and he admitted that the EC should have a common policy on the issue . |
| 11 | I was n't allowing myself to think too much , but below the conscious level all kinds of adjustments were going on in my head . |
| 12 | Reality is what is going on under your nose . |
| 13 | The reasons for this appear to be ( a ) what the students perceive as cashable cheques in the job market and ( b ) a genuine intellectual concern to understand what is going on in their society . |
| 14 | ‘ The fire at Windsor was an allegory of what is going on in their lineage , in their family . |
| 15 | The role of the regionals is not only to report national and international news if they are a daily , but to reflect what is going on in their area . |
| 16 | They will be asked to relate their seminar work to what is going on in their practice schools . |
| 17 | Venetian blinds of furrows ripple down his forehead as his every external body activities mirror all that is going on in his head . |
| 18 | Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter . |
| 19 | We 've managed to avoid the use of overtime we have tried our best to ensure a decent supply of social housing but always against the odds , always against the tide of what is going on in our economy and in the housing situa in the housing market . |
| 20 | So , too , does wearing sunglasses as this is a positive gesture to prevent the interviewer from seeing your eyes and guessing what is going on in your mind . |
| 21 | Please contact your nearest regional office to find out what is going on in your area . |
| 22 | The first read : ‘ You know what 's going on with your wife . |
| 23 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 24 | The danger of approaching whole group work by letting children first improvise in small groups and then presenting them with an issue which you hope will give them a focus is that they remain more interested in what 's going on in their group than in the supposedly unifying issue : " Why should I be interested in the corner shop being knocked down when I never use it , and anyway we 've just been burgled ? ! " |
| 25 | or you ca n't have a lunch break , but she did n't , she just automatically assumes that everybody knows what 's going on in her head be that everybody else should know as well , yeah anyway I 've got to go Matt 's shouting , he 's obviously having problems plumbing the dishwasher , god his little cotton socks , so we 'll see you later , alright then , see you later on ta ta . |
| 26 | I ca n't tell you what 's going on in my head . |
| 27 | In that sense , the shots are more about what 's going on in my head than in theirs . ’ |
| 28 | If they could have only known what 's going on in my head . |
| 29 | ‘ Are you going to stop sitting there like some goddammed statue and fill me in on what 's going on in your head ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on in your head , but I 'm telling you now , if you have any ideas in that direction , you 're on a loser . ’ |