Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] go on " in BNC.
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1 | She glanced at Sarah and said impulsively , ‘ Here I am going on , and it 's even more exciting for you , is n't it , Sar ? |
2 | He said , ‘ I 'm going on too much . |
3 | But they do n't speak any English , I do n't speak any Arabic , so I 'm gesturing away about the bar-tailed lark and not being able to go into the forbidden zone , and somehow or other the leader understands what I 'm going on about and makes me understand that because they 're nomads they do n't have to follow international boundaries . |
4 | No bu I 'm sorry , the other thing I 'm sorry I should have said the other thing I 'm going on is when things were last done , |
5 | ‘ In that case , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm going on as before . |
6 | " And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm going on to the worst problem of the lot — Willis 's financial position … |
7 | If you do it first , you 're gon na really understand what I 'm going on about . |
8 | About the papers in the portmanteau and Molly and how I 'm going on to the monastery next . ’ |
9 | I 'm going on to the monastery . |
10 | When I 've bought my sons their shirts I 'm going on to a good academic bookshop to get an item for myself — a book called something like Syntax and Significance : A Cognitive Approach . |
11 | I 'm going to I 'm going to accelerate now cos I see I 'm going on too long . |
12 | Pat told the Careers Officer : ‘ I 'm going on to become a professional footballer ’ . ’ |
13 | I 'm going on today ! |
14 | The trouble is that it I know , I say I 'm going on about have n't got a copper and everything , then they walk up to the bar and pull out a great wad of notes |
15 | I had n't really thought about it , it 's erm it all depends on what farm I 'm going on cos I 've or erm cows an , cows and bullocks , you know . |
16 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
17 | We were going to travel together as far as Paris , I was to go on to Calais . |
18 | I would have to get my clothes cleaned , if I was to go on . |
19 | I would have to telephone the grocer , if I was to go on . |
20 | I knew I was going on too long , but I kept thinking that Mr Taylor would butt in and stop me if he wanted to . |
21 | ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting . |
22 | Three a year which was very nice and er oh well whilst I was there , you see , erm I landed up in , in Peel because I was going on a and she said to me one day this Miss er what are you doing today ? |
23 | I was going on to give an explanation , which may help the hon. Gentleman . |
24 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
25 | But , what I was going on to say was that erm Grace what 's her name ? |
26 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
27 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
28 | And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape |
29 | I just like , I just like , I know places , like I was told when I was meeting the girls yesterday , I did n't know what road I was going on I was just telling like , people names of the pubs and luckily this , like , bloke behind me getting on the bus , said oh you need a like , a seventy P or something and that 's when I knew where I was going and everyone 's like telling me where to get off , everyone gestures to me . |
30 | ‘ I do n't know what it is about dolphins , ’ said the leading lady of the entertainment show Give Us A Clue , ‘ but you just feel that they understand what you are going on about . |