Example sentences of "[was/were] going [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had felt as though sparks were going round and round inside her head and flashing out of her eyes . |
| 2 | We were going round and round in a weird dance and nearly slipped over in the pee that was splattered on the floor . |
| 3 | and er with my son particularly earlier on in his career things were going round and round in circles and in the end I had to step in at one point , grab all the papers as they came past as they were and saying , come on . |
| 4 | yeah cos Derek were going backwards when we went round the corner were n't we ? |
| 5 | " Jack " , in Dublin , had been to bars and meeting-places , had made inquiries , had met this man and then that , reporting back to Bert and Jasper that things were going on as they should . |
| 6 | And saying that , in the last three years I since discovered , and it was quite difficult to , which I did find , that there was alternative erm therapists , which was lots of groups that were going on and once I got into it erm the , it opened up a new , you know I ne I 've never saw the light at the tunnel that is shining brightly now ! |
| 7 | These select committees were not intended to be tied to producing particular reports , but were to collect information and let the House and the public know what disputes were going on and what agreements were being reached within ministries , between them and between civil servants and outside pressure groups . |
| 8 | Tom , I just stood there so hanging around waiting to see what were going on and I had to . |
| 9 | Yeah I 'm sha , sorry to trouble you , and , we were going on and on and on about it ! |
| 10 | My Lord the er plaintiff 's case is that as a result of the advice that he was given by Mr er it was clear to him that he had no way out of this contract , that he was committed to it and that he had no choice but to proceed with the matter and there was then er further discussion on the telephone on this day , Friday , between Mr and Mr to where they were going here and Mr said he would now write to the plaintiff setting out what his options were to him and the letter than was sent by Mr was dated the twenty second of October and the letter , the relevant terms of this letter are set out in a statement of claim expressing at paragraph three eleven of this statement saying and of course er that is admitted by the er defendant . |
| 11 | I read in one of the other papers that GG also said ( what many on this list have said before ) Cunt'anas was great when things were going well but would let you down when they were not . |
| 12 | I also stated that when I felt that things were going well and the government was settled I would take a trip and that trip starts now . |
| 13 | They knew as did their children when things were going well and when they were not . |
| 14 | Things were going well until Dorothy became impatient . |
| 15 | Things were going well until the arrival of the Borg , a multi-armed , part-organic battleship that was virtually indestructible . |
| 16 | But the survey showed that it was difficult to judge whether standards of spelling were going up or down . |
| 17 | Thousands of flags were waving , helium balloons were going up and air balloons were coming down , two separate bands at both ends of the huge auditorium were playing different songs and everyone was cheering and screaming their heads off . |
| 18 | and , and you know you could n't get a lot of money , although of course nationally , the rates of pay were governed nationally , they were going up and up and up and there was no way that we could keep pace , we could n't keep on increasing the tuppeny fare . |
| 19 | see erm , when we went to Windsor on the boat was n't it , when we were going up and down the Thames |
| 20 | And the eyes went up and down and then they were going up and down . |
| 21 | I watched it for several minutes , and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and the rest were going up and down . |
| 22 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 23 | On Sunday cos they were going soon and erm James was clearing up the garden you see I 've go , I ca n't I I can see gable |
| 24 | I could n't stop him and I was so frightened that horse , machine and me were going over that I jumped off . |
| 25 | Then they were going over and they were gon na go to bed . |
| 26 | On the but she said erm that she were going away and I could work , cos the lessons finish on a sa start up there on a Thursday , she said , if I work Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday and I could have Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday Thursday off . |
| 27 | Erm as we were going through and we talked about a will , you said there there 's somebody you knew who would be able to , you know , who you 'd like to carry out your wishes if you were not here to carry them out yourself er I think it was , was it er John ? |
| 28 | I was picked up by a taxi driver once and we were going along and he said , ‘ Oh , I know that voice — oh , do n't tell me — you 're Jeremy Pascal , are n't you ? ’ |
| 29 | If we were going there and back in a day but it would n't really be worth it to go to the fair . |
| 30 | Never mind , the dates were going in and the last few weeks of the tour in the Eastern states were coming up . |