Example sentences of "was going [adv] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere out there the verderers were saddling their terrified horses and making , as they themselves had done , for the refuge of the forest ; but whatever was going on out there was unseen , unknown . |
| 2 | On my way into the hotel , one of the guests said to me , ‘ What on earth was going on out there ? ’ |
| 3 | No matter how much he wiped at the condensation on the window , he could still barely see what was going on out there . |
| 4 | I do n't know what was going on out there , both of them were going out there . |
| 5 | I knew I was going on too long , but I kept thinking that Mr Taylor would butt in and stop me if he wanted to . |
| 6 | Conversely , we would be impressed by another yogi who could alter these processes in his intestines on a word of command but made no claims to know what was going on down there from moment to moment . |
| 7 | He would n't tell me what was going on down there because he did n't want to worry me as far as the safety conditions at that particular mine . |
| 8 | The , the that she was under , and Pearl did , Pearl was trusting her and , and knew , and so the Denise was saying the right thing , she was staying in the bedroom , never knew what was going on down there . |
| 9 | They would of course let me know what was going on as soon as possible . |
| 10 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 11 | Manufacturing employment was increasing , but employment in services was going up even faster . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think you could honestly say it was going well just now , but it will do soon and that 's all that matters . ’ |
| 13 | The clock was going round so slowly . |
| 14 | He might have been thrown out by his girlfriend , but he was going round there still for meals and baths , so Bert had said . |
| 15 | Whatever the ultimate aim might be , for the moment the CNAA was going as far only as delegating or sharing aspects of the validation process — which meant accepting the limitations of the CNAA 's existing Charter . |
| 16 | The Worcestershire goose was going down well too . |