Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 're hanging on to each other trying to get on the plane . |
| 2 | Talks have been going on since last night and the former Celtic and Manchester United star is set to travel north to sort out the details of his contract . |
| 3 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 4 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 5 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 6 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 7 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 8 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 9 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 10 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 12 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 13 | The debate about whether and how the universe began has been going on throughout recorded history . |
| 14 | What has really been going on in this establishment ? |
| 15 | ‘ It depends what kind of scenarios are going on on each floor and in each room of the tower block , ’ ponders The One Who Does n't Object To Wearing ( Hopefully Fake ) Fur Coats . |
| 16 | But we know are going on to double shift on Monday |
| 17 | ‘ Things are going on at this school , ’ went on Dr Ali , in a whisper , ‘ of which it is difficult for a good Muslim to approve . ’ |
| 18 | the local communities have been ignored in these issues and these discussions that are going on between British Coal and the County Council . |
| 19 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |
| 20 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |
| 21 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 22 | MORE teenagers are staying on in further education in County Durham . |
| 23 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Russia , and to a lesser degree Red China , must be looking on with considerable satisfaction at the indecision which is being displayed by the United States as regards her future treatment of Japan . |
| 25 | You may be going on to new material before thoroughly mastering previous material . |
| 26 | The majority of our trainees are hoping for a career in care , and we hope that many will be going on to further education at the end of the year . |
| 27 | Left materials plus work to be getting on with next week . |
| 28 | What differentiates them are all the extra functions that have been bolted on , and this is what I 'll be concentrating on in this review . |
| 29 | . We still have n't got a name for this er facility , been dragging on for some time . |
| 30 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |