Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] going on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something must be going on in the black box labelled ‘ consumer ’ . |
| 2 | And that takes us to the question of what it is that might be going on behind the screen — a question which leads not only forward and to Ulysses and beyond , but backwards , into a reconsideration of Dubliners and The Portrait of the Artist . |
| 3 | She was going her own sweet way , totally unconcerned about what might be going on in her wake . |
| 4 | Erm so maybe they 'll be going on to university , college university . |
| 5 | In a system that encodes information in terms of patterns of activity information processing could be going on without a net increase in metabolism . |
| 6 | A single eruption may not only last for months , but it may also consist of a series of separate , different phases , and in many cases different things may be going on on different parts of the same volcano at the same time . |
| 7 | You may be going on to new material before thoroughly mastering previous material . |
| 8 | He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him . |
| 9 | As a result , experiments with unsettling implications may be going on behind everyone 's backs . |
| 10 | They will fly to strange people in strange places as long as there is food about , because they are much more interested in food than in anything that may be going on around them . |
| 11 | An hour had passed since she had thought about Catherine , about her and Mike and what would be going on at home . |
| 12 | Leslie had wanted to rejoin his old regiment , presumably in the belief that they would be going on to Sicily and Italy without too much delay . |
| 13 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 14 | If they were not unconscious , I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them . |
| 15 | Anyone else would be going on about softly wooded fissures and sweetly mounded hills . |
| 16 | She said although yesterday 's Drinkwise Day was a focus to promote awareness of sensible drinking levels the campaign would be going on throughout the year . |
| 17 | The majority of our trainees are hoping for a career in care , and we hope that many will be going on to further education at the end of the year . |
| 18 | Gill will be going on to the Namarroi area to take part in an evaluation with the CCM . |
| 19 | ‘ Danny will be going on about the fair all night now , ’ said David as the bus disappeared through the factory gates , then as they turned away he asked , ‘ Are you on duty tomorrow ? ’ |
| 20 | And who can say what will be going on by the time you read these words ? |
| 21 | That is inevitable when we are dealing with official bodies , but please be assured that a lot of work will be going on behind the scenes . |