Example sentences of "[adj] [be] going on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's important to know that this is going on under our noses . |
| 2 | ‘ Something funny is going on around here , ’ he said . |
| 3 | While this was going on at one firm , the table split and the trainee dealer slipped and sprained his ankle . |
| 4 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 5 | While all this was going on in our flat , something was clearly up at International Backside . |
| 6 | Something very funny was going on in Riverbank — and it was all Anabelle 's doing . |
| 7 | Does it mean that something mysterious , even mystical was going on inside the computer ? |
| 8 | She does n't like crowds of adoring relatives and friends , and becomes distressed when too much is going on at once . |
| 9 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 10 | The obvious temptation is to dismiss yesterday 's events as an old fashioned share ramp , but there is a niggling feeling that something more substantial is going on behind the scenes . |
| 11 | Occasionally , when there had to be a drastic reassessment of public expenditure , it became evident from the leaks and rumours of resignations that something important was going on in Whitehall during the summer months , but neither backbenchers nor the House in general were able to find out what was happening or to discuss the changes being made in expenditure plans . |
| 12 | Venetian blinds of furrows ripple down his forehead as his every external body activities mirror all that is going on in his head . |
| 13 | So er I hope what this er series of interviews will er serve to prove , is both the quality of thinking that 's going on about public services , and our very strong commitment to the customers and citizens we serve . |
| 14 | Can I just come back Chair , and I recognize obviously there is er , further work that 's going on with this and support that it does , but there is a case with the Parliamentary Ombudsman in discipline on this at the moment , so on the way in which it 's been handled by the Ministry . |
| 15 | To omit this background is rather like accusing the RAF of bombing innocent women and children in Berlin without mentioning that world war two was going on at the time . |
| 16 | One Saturday morning , some two weeks after Mrs Frizzell 's encounter with Mrs Stych , Mr Frizzell was seated at his office desk in a glassed-in area above the garage proper , from whence he could see all that was going on at both back and front of his property . |
| 17 | Leopold continued to keep Mozart and his mother apprised of all that was going on in Salzburg , including accounts of performances of Mozart 's compositions . |
| 18 | Now he felt he would burst if he could n't impart all that was going on in his mind . |
| 19 | The task of the Prime Minister was unremitting , for he was on duty every minute of the day and night and must know all that was going on in the Government . |
| 20 | But I could not possibly desert the grace of Christ and accept the views of foolish men who were completely ignorant of all that was going on within me . |