Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the main driveway up here , opening on what used to be a road down to Florence . ’ |
| 2 | But behind this typical example of dreary industrial architecture , much is going on which should encourage us . |
| 3 | So you actually write down questions so much going on you ca n't be expected to remember everything and if you 've got just you know sort of questions written down the page like what is your name , it 's simple as that it gets you to do , what ? |
| 4 | Most of these , as opposed to Hollywood films , go to immense trouble to get the details right , and by concentrating on the background rather than what 's going on you can get a fine haul , especially with the aid of a video . |
| 5 | Let the dust settle then go for broke — by the time anyone realises what 's going on it will be too late and everyone can have a good time and relax . |
| 6 | They attempt to impose their will on the firm(s) involved , that influence extending perhaps to deciding on which may be involved . |
| 7 | Before moving on it should however be noted that it does not follow from the rejection of justificatory theories of corporate power based on antecedent rights that the shareholders ' legal rights in the company , including the right to exercise ultimate control and to have the business operated in their interests , are not morally defensible . |
| 8 | We squatted together next to the ashes of the death-house , surveying the dissolution of the Rante and ruminating on what would have been a uniquely dramatic ending to our sequence . |
| 9 | If we if Father Christmas only saw one with dancing on it would that be better ? |
| 10 | Of course got to cook so , depending on it will be about five o'clock so that they can get washed up . |
| 11 | To misuse the cliche , the only game in town last week was speculating on who might succeed John Akers as chief executive of IBM Corp . |
| 12 | Avoid working clay soil in wet weather , as standing on it will cause compaction . |
| 13 | Rod and Rachel ( left ) , embarking on what will be the longest-surviving marriage in the history of the world . |
| 14 | Before embarking on what will inevitably be a huge investment , would it not be better to wait and see just how the next round of arms negotiations comes out . |
| 15 | Before embarking on what will inevitably be a huge investment , would it not be better to wait and see just how the next round of arms negotiations comes out . |
| 16 | They had inhibitions about concentrating on what might be called the Dickensian essentials ; a great deal of specified food and drink , presents wanted and unwanted , the gathering of friends and relations . |
| 17 | The object of mediation or conciliation is to achieve a resolution of the dispute by the parties agreeing on who should have custody and what access rights the other should have , as well as how to make decisions for the up-bringing of the children . |
| 18 | Further memories were revived by a visit from his mother in the summer of 1921 which brought ‘ another anxiety as well as a joy ’ when Eliot was working on what would become The Waste Land . |
| 19 | The village green is really a giant theatre set.It takes hours of work by the scenic artists to turn a series of frames covered in plastic sheeting into convincing buildings.Here they 're working on what will become the church . |