Example sentences of "be going on [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 2 | If he then writes a monograph about a " tribe " or a " people " or a " social system " and he wants to be recognized as a scientist rather than as an artist , he is under pressure to persuade himself ( and his readers ) that the events which he saw happening before his eyes were " typical " of what might be going on elsewhere in the system . |
| 3 | He had celebrated his birthday a couple of weeks earlier with balloons and four candles on an iced cake , and he was hoping the festivities might be going on indefinitely . |
| 4 | Eh what be going on then with you two ? |
| 5 | In Forth Worth , people line up to be photographed with Van ; they collect first copies of his recordings ; they drive past his house and tell stories about what they suppose may be going on inside . |
| 6 | He wanted to be quite sure of not missing anything that might be going on there . |