Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] going [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing to keep him here that could outweigh the thought of the possible conspiracies going on behind his back back home . |
| 2 | 8–12 There have been extensive improvements going on in Jura during the last two years . |
| 3 | Sandeep , used only to life in a Bombay high-rise , is hypnotised by the daily rituals going on around him — his aunt rubbing oil into her black hair , his uncle retiring to the lavatory with an ashtray , a newspaper and a pair of reading glasses . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure there must be more interesting things going on in Ireland than just the bands , ’ he says dismissively . |
| 5 | Funny things going on in his place , too , I should n't wonder . |
| 6 | ‘ There are some funny things going on around here . ’ |
| 7 | It could be that er he wishes to distract attention between the interesting arguments going on about one man one vote which I 'm pleased to hear that Mr has won . |
| 8 | She did n't know much about art before but there was an exhibition of my Old Masters going on at the Royal Academy and she saw that , and was very enthusiastic about it , especially the Holbein portrait of Henry VIII . |
| 9 | Therese , conscious , as was everyone else , of a row of gargantuan proportions going on in Gesner 's dressing room , was blithely uncaring . |
| 10 | My parents collected all their copies of Wimpey News and we have back numbers going back to the 1940s . |
| 11 | Even Nutty could see what an apathetic beast he was , and her heart contracted suddenly at the thought of their four stupid old horses going back to the knacker 's . |
| 12 | Simon Cope of London-based commercial agent Gerald Eve , which is marketing the scheme jointly with Sanderson Townend & Gilbert , said : ‘ There has been as reasonable amount of interest in the past , and marketing has occasionally been stopped while discussions have taken place , but there are serious discussions going on at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | It 's a good thing pregnancy is nine months long , because you need this time to adjust emotionally , as well as physically , to the tremendous changes going on within you . |
| 14 | Since there were 15 strategies , there were 15 x 15 , or 225 separate games going on in the computer . |
| 15 | That is to be increased and perhaps there should be an increase in the sentence for hardened criminals going out with a criminal purpose and carrying a knife . |
| 16 | and they found a lot of , you know , serious crimes going on in the Party and stuff |
| 17 | for instance , as Nikitin points out , it is impossible to categorize those garrison troops who undertook private trading against their superiors ' orders , or those private individuals who voluntarily joined armed detachments going out on campaign under orders from Moscow . |
| 18 | Erm the element of control side of it , is extremely frustrating and have have been hinted at by previous speakers to see what are in effect regular and truly massive retail operations going on without development control , without the development of any kind of highway controls which is a county council matter is fully my argue frustrating . |
| 19 | But in other parts of the Midlands , and indeed the country , the search is on to find the houses with high erm we have quite large programmes going on in the south west and also in the Pennines , Scotland . |
| 20 | Until try small shabby door on landing : which opens up on to flight of filthy stairs going up into cobwebbed , dust-laden attic smelling of undiscovered murders , with tiny dormer window , size of large paperback . |
| 21 | Blind to the destructive changes going on around them , blind to some of the human costs of industrialised progress , blind to the suffering of other countries . |
| 22 | Young people were already feeling insecure because of the far-reaching changes going on around them and the uncertainties about the reform programme . |
| 23 | There are some posh flats going up at neighbouring Royal Quays which will provide building jobs : ‘ It 's Sun City in the middle of Bantustan , ’ a Labour councillor said to me . |
| 24 | There were all sorts of busy monkish things going on in the courtyard of the monastery of Saint Sacco Benedetto . |
| 25 | ‘ Hear you 've got great things going on over there . ’ |
| 26 | It was a large wooden building , with no ceiling but cool crisscrossed rafters going up into the roof of wood and thatch . |
| 27 | Traffic still very busy on all major routes going out of the city , it 's not as bad now , though as it was there the last time I spoke to you , but still , very very busy this evening . |
| 28 | In particular one thing I 'm dealing with is black women going out with white men , which is a big issue now . |
| 29 | On the other hand , every teacher has a professional obligation to understand the key conversations going on in the research community . |
| 30 | Their evolution is governed by the nuclear reactions going on inside the star and making it shine . |