Example sentences of "the [noun] [is] going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , a marvellous thing happened whilst the trial is going on do n't forget , it 's in the dead of night and whilst the trial is going on there is Pilate 's wife at home in bed sleeping , and she has a dream , and seemed as though God spoke to her , and she saw and recognized the awful deed that her husband was about to commit , so she sent an urgent message to him that is , you 've got it in ve ve verse nineteen have nothing to do with that righteousness man for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of him . |
| 2 | But , a marvellous thing happened whilst the trial is going on do n't forget , it 's in the dead of night and whilst the trial is going on there is Pilate 's wife at home in bed sleeping , and she has a dream , and seemed as though God spoke to her , and she saw and recognized the awful deed that her husband was about to commit , so she sent an urgent message to him that is , you 've got it in ve ve verse nineteen have nothing to do with that righteousness man for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of him . |
| 3 | ‘ The recession is going on and on , ’ Mr Anderson said , ‘ particularly in the housing market . ’ |
| 4 | And similarly we must not allow ourselves to look for something below that practice on which we can ground the feeling that the practice is going on in an objectively correct way . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to see how the search is going on . ’ |
| 6 | I shall want one of the senior staff in each department while the search is going on . |
| 7 | Now they are going to appeal , but in the meanwhile the work is going on and the bulldozers are ready and waiting on the west side of the excavations , right up against the seventeenth-century cellars which were found intact , still full of bottles and vessels . |
| 8 | But most of the work is going on actually in the auditorium where they 're stripping out all the wood er and putting in great big holes where they can put the fire exits in . |
| 9 | Erm often it 's the father , often the abuse is going on in connection with a whole range of processes whereby that person dominates the climate in that household . |
| 10 | Yes we did , we were talking about our General Election strategy and er we 've been planning some campaigning and training workshops and so on , and I can tell you that we 've selected a Green Party candidate for Oxford west for the General Election ; his name is Mike Woodin , and the process is going on to select someone for Oxford east , so there 's certainly going to be a strong Green presence in Oxford during the General Election . |
| 11 | True , I take your point , I mean I , perhaps I could dig a little bit deeper and find out what the Dickens is going on , you know ! |
| 12 | He came to this charge after years in Mount Darwin , where the war is going on . |
| 13 | ‘ What the devil 's going on here ? ’ the voice demanded . |
| 14 | The media is going on about how negative Leeds were , what else could they be given the circumstances . |
| 15 | ‘ So I 'm taken back down and I 'm wondering what the hell 's going on . |
| 16 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ exploded Perdita . |
| 17 | A muttering audience coughs and squints through the smoke to find out what the hell 's going on , and only a mild smattering of , ‘ Oh , it 's her ’ applause greets me as I stagger out of the smoke towards Jim . |
| 18 | ‘ What the hell 's going on , Quinn ? |
| 19 | ‘ Quinn , what the hell 's going on over there ? |
| 20 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ snarled Zack . |
| 21 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ What the hell 's going on here , Kate ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ asked Cardiff . |
| 24 | " What the hell 's going on here Some bloody fool phoned my old man and told him that I need n't come in today , that Mrs. Schofield wanted me . |
| 25 | " What the hell 's going on ? " |
| 26 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ he demanded . |
| 27 | ‘ What the hell 's going on here ? |
| 28 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What the hell 's going on ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What the hell 's going on in there ? |