Example sentences of "[pron] [is] going on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective . |
| 2 | Oh she 'll be like a little old woman , she 's , well she 's nine , I think she 's going on thirty nine , to listen to her |
| 3 | but Valerie 's she 's , she 's going on alright but er , she ca n't move those fingers |
| 4 | The answer is never one the minimum we 've come across in an organization is two the typical is five to ten and in some organizations it 's going on fifteen . |
| 5 | so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him |
| 6 | I do n't understand what 's going on Prime Minister . |
| 7 | What 's going on all around you so then you concentrate on the ball again . |
| 8 | Because he likes to see what 's going on all the time . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on either , but I 'm sure the girls will tell us when they 're ready . |
| 10 | They know what 's going on this that and the other . |
| 11 | Well wh what 's going on this weekend do you know ? |
| 12 | Er what 's going on this weekend then ? |
| 13 | 'Cos I just , I feel as if I 'm much less aware of what 's going on this year . |
| 14 | He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time |
| 15 | What is going on that led up to that ? |