Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] going on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting . |
| 2 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 3 | It all became a kind of tribute to the Falklands which was going on at the time of writing . |
| 4 | Was n't that implicit in whatever it was which was going on between the two of them ? |
| 5 | She was going on about the grass they 've left on the |
| 6 | ‘ Well , when we were going on about the Universe and all the galaxies and the Big Bang , we talked about gravity forces — between the galaxies — trying to pull them together . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's more than likely I just imagined something was going on behind the scenes . |
| 8 | so , and then he was going on about the work he 's doing on the |
| 9 | I lost track of what was going on outside the alley until the officer tapped her shoulder with his revolver and waved it in my face . |
| 10 | More importantly , it reflects his laconic style , and what was going on under the surface : |
| 11 | Therefore I did n't know what was going on to the point where I carried on working in a prefabricated hut hard by the administration block during a very successful students ' occupation in summer 1976 . |
| 12 | ‘ They also expressed a lack of knowledge about what was going on at the time , and they blamed their mothers for that . |
| 13 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 14 | Did nobody have any idea what was going on at the time ? |
| 15 | Aye well that 's it er I mean there was no , as I said there was no alarms for anybody else or anybody who was n't there really would n't have a much of an idea to how drastic it was and what was going on at the time . |
| 16 | Should he ask him what was going on at the top of the Ministry and why they were resurrecting the Zoser case ? |
| 17 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 18 | I admit I was wrong about the Cairngorms , and I did n't even have the chance to see what was going on behind the plateau to the south . |
| 19 | As one day followed another the garrison could not help wondering what was going on behind the Collector 's closed door . |
| 20 | It was pretty wonderful to be sitting there watching it all and knowing that I was the only person in the whole school who realised exactly what was going on inside the Trunchbull 's pants . |
| 21 | Amsterdam looked over the rim of his coffee cup , wondering what was going on inside the head of his august relation . |
| 22 | Police sources say the officers were able to hear what was going on inside the car when Sergeant Norton 's radio was accidentally switched on . |
| 23 | Ken Pitt : ‘ I think the great problem was David was always very insecure and because he was n't achieving the renown he wanted , like most artists he began to worry , bearing in mind that David was now living at Haddon Hall with a few of his friends , all of whom were unaware of what was going on in the office and how we were planning David 's career , what progress we were really making . |
| 24 | ‘ During the campaign I never watched telly or saw my family and I never really knew what was going on in the election , ’ said his brother Andrew , 26 . |
| 25 | It seems that Jesus himself organised this last journey , from the borrowing of a donkey and its foal to the challenging protest against what was going on in the Temple courts . |
| 26 | She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal . |
| 27 | They did n't seem to be very bothered about issues other than what was going on in the village itself . |
| 28 | She may perhaps have felt a little out of place but she articulates a rare understanding of what was going on in the place , all underpinned by an almost total recall of the fascinating minutiae of day-to-day events . |
| 29 | What was going on in the castle they could only guess at . |
| 30 | It may help us to understand some of the subsequent developments better if first we have an impression of what was going on in the University of Utah chemistry department in 1988 , up to and around the time of the interaction with Jones . |