Example sentences of "go on [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ca n't keep goin' on like that fer ever . |
| 2 | But Mum goes on about that wretched place as though he was chief jailer at Broadmoor . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 6 | Something goes on in that room on a Monday and a Wednesday . |
| 7 | Right : The Eradicator gets no prizes for good looks , but it 's what goes on inside that justifies the price . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm just interested to know what goes on beneath that hostile little shell you present to the world , Virginia . |
| 9 | I do n't bother to answer him back when he goes on like that . |
| 10 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
| 11 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 12 | But he speaks the , the wo A Ann was her name , she said that he speaks too softly to go on to that . |
| 13 | It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that . |
| 14 | You know , telling us everything about the Tories , what they 've done wrong and to go on from that , not telling us anything about how you 're gon na put it right . |
| 15 | ‘ Why does he always have to go on like that ? ’ |
| 16 | but I ca n't afford to go on like that you see |
| 17 | But it 's no good going on to that until you 're really pretty good at this then you should be able to follow what 's going on here . |
| 18 | But I thought that er with coming off that , Malcolm was going on to that . |
| 19 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 20 | Erm , due erm there 's also as you know , we 've , we 've had the chartered petition on the market and we are going on with that . |
| 21 | Now what about the cream , how are things going on with that , cos you 've been |
| 22 | But they were n't totally happy — for it was confirmed that the interrogation of the prisoner — going on at that moment — would reveal where the stuff had gone . |
| 23 | He 's always going on about that ! ’ |
| 24 | It looks like you know what you 're talking about , does n't mean you do but i I mean if you use th if you if you start going on about that thing that there is er when some what on earth ? |
| 25 | you were going on about that |
| 26 | Whatever was going on in that head of yours , it was certainly dramatic . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If I 'd known what was going on in that house right under my nose … ’ |
| 28 | I stared at him , wondering what was going on in that complex mind of his , what his real motive was in pushing north by car when we could have had a good night 's sleep and flown up in daylight . |
| 29 | ‘ No , I damn well do n't know what the hell is going on in that pretty little head of yours , but I 'm fast losing patience . |
| 30 | I know you , Lissa ; I know you far better than you think , and I know exactly what 's going on in that secretive labyrinth of a mind . |