Example sentences of "was going on [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think what was going on today was fine . |
| 2 | When the computer was the domain of the ‘ data processing department ’ — with double doors to keep out unwanted irritants like dirt , warm air and people who did n't understand what was going on within — the resident team of programmers and operators went unchallenged . |
| 3 | Everything was going on well till the machine broke down . |
| 4 | Ordinary life was going on outside . ’ |
| 5 | The Doctor was using a pocket mirror to see what was going on outside without sticking his head out of the window , Howard was over by a small stove cooking several breakfasts , the hospital staff were milling about seeing to their patients , and Petion was being shaved by an orderly using a piece of broken glass . |
| 6 | Pearce had shoved Devlin back into one of the upholstered reception seats ; keeping one eye on him , the other on what was going on outside . |
| 7 | He was not reacting to this latest development , but to something that was going on outside . |
| 8 | Donna sucked in a deep breath and headed for the stairs , intent on getting a clearer look at what was going on outside . |
| 9 | She crept back to the door and pressed her ear against it , trying to figure out what was going on outside . |
| 10 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 11 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 12 | And then Wayne climbed out onto the cruiser 's deck , and they let the subject drop , and Wayne was left standing there glancing from one to the other , damned sure that something was going on here , and equally damned if he could tell what it was . |
| 13 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |
| 14 | What was going on here ? |
| 15 | If you wanted to tell someone what was going on here , there are many different sentences that you might use . |
| 16 | The song had ended , and dancing was going on again . |
| 17 | Do you realize — all this was going on exactly the same last March ? |
| 18 | There , she was high up above the woods , but instead of being able to see all that was going on below for miles around , as she had expected , all she could see was — leaves ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Now he knew what he had to do : he had to go to the Unification Church and find out what , if anything , was going on there . |
| 21 | But there is some evidence of his association with liberals at Cambridge which must be mentioned briefly at this point , since it seems rather unlikely that he would have visited France in 1790 and again in 1791–2 if he had no sympathy with what was going on there . |
| 22 | When the Mary arrived off Mogadishu , the master refused to enter the port because he considered it unsafe on account of the fighting that was going on there . |
| 23 | I joined the said list earlier this week , just to see what kind of shite was going on there . |
| 24 | So I do n't know what was going on there . |
| 25 | What was going on there ? |
| 26 | I wondered what was going on really , because I mean it just at least I can take them |
| 27 | They would of course let me know what was going on as soon as possible . |
| 28 | Seeing a sheet had been stuffed round the edges of it he suspected something suspicious was going on inside and forced the door open to have a look . |
| 29 | Eva Burrows was undergoing a similar transformation though people talking to her probably understood very little of what was going on inside . |
| 30 | 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 : |