Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 2 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 3 | Just the two of them hanging on in that decaying old house , ’ Schellenberg said . |
| 4 | ‘ Here 's me goin' on about my life , and you have n't told me about yours . |
| 5 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 6 | You 'll find me banging on about how great the ‘ Back In Denim ’ LP is elsewhere in this issue so you can drop most of the theories there . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point . |
| 8 | The whole point is what am I going on to , I 'm going for free are n't I ? |
| 9 | She 'd be sent to her room and hear them going on about how if it was n't for The Child — her — everything would be different and it would have ended years ago . |
| 10 | Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes . |
| 11 | I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over . |
| 12 | As she heard me going on about the luncheon party she pulled a face . |
| 13 | Why was she hanging on to this ? |
| 14 | ‘ What are you blathering on about ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What are you going on about ? ’ |
| 16 | Fatty : What are you going on about , Marlon ? |
| 17 | At first I could not believe you thought this was the house and later … well , I enjoyed listening to you going on about it . |
| 18 | What are you going on about ? |
| 19 | What you going on about ? |
| 20 | What were you going on about ? |
| 21 | What are you going on about Steven ? |
| 22 | What you going on about ? |
| 23 | what you going on about ? |
| 24 | Oh what are you going on about ? |
| 25 | Are n't you going on from a mistake ? |
| 26 | Well fo a at sixteen I went into the department that built the machines and er I was , I think it was bell was going for lunchtime and a lad come by says hello Taffy how you going on in here ? |
| 27 | What was she saying , Irene , what was she going on about , in words half saved , half drowned — in gasps and whispers ? |
| 28 | ‘ How 's she getting on with your ghastly father ? ’ |
| 29 | How 's she getting on with Barry over there ? |
| 30 | How 's she getting on with her drama , do you know ? |