Example sentences of "was going [adv] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one seemed to know what the situation was or what was going on but the diplomats , at least , had prepared for the worst . |
| 2 | I started to walk a way out of the main bedroom and I heard P C say words to the effect of get down and I turned round to see what was going on and the man was trying to roll over to get up or that 's what I thought , erm not kicking or or fighting or anything but just to me it looked as though he was going to get up and I went back and with my hands just pushed down onto him and said stay there , it will all be explained er and then walked away . |
| 3 | As a result the climate of collaboration could be full of unresolved questions and tensions , children could be confused about what was going on and the potential of the collaboration could be subverted . |
| 4 | The head was away and that was dreadful because he was one of the few people that knew what was going on because the community adviser told him that home/school links was an area that we should think about ; that is the school . |
| 5 | I left the sack of heads and bodies in the Bunker just as the light was going completely and the stars were starting to come out . |
| 6 | Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction . |
| 7 | The sun was going down and the sky had declined into green-gold before the bird was tolerably roasted . |
| 8 | She was going faster than the wind but nothing moved , there were no landmarks , simply more of the same scenery . |