Example sentences of "'s [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | threatens to ruin the day , that it 's squandered on this . |
| 2 | The light 's flashing on this screen you know , |
| 3 | yeah I would think so nights or days I would of thought nothing 's been really said about what 's happening on that yet , not till the end of towards the end of the |
| 4 | You obviously need to know what 's happening on each side of the hedge . |
| 5 | A long queue of customers greeted the shop 's opening on 4 May 1970 . |
| 6 | ‘ What 's written on that buoy ? ’ said Titty . |
| 7 | If we knew the connection between the poem and what 's written on those sheets , then cracking the code would be child 's play . |
| 8 | ’ We commended Mr Canning very highly for the work that he 's done on that particular churchyard . ’ |
| 9 | They 've told her she 's had three years more than what she should of had , she 's living on borrowed time , but , erm , she said the ho er |
| 10 | Yes so and I reckon quite frankly cos he 's living on that lay by up the end and I reckon he was hiding , do a runner or something or he ai n't up to something no good ! |
| 11 | It 's grown on huge farms called plantations , and it has to be planted , as the name suggests , cultivated and harvested , before it can be packed into great ships and sent to us . |
| 12 | that 's built on stout piles like a pier : |
| 13 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , gravity 's pulling on them-slowing them down . |
| 15 | Dover Castle will be the starting point for the first day 's racing on 6 July over a 125-mile course through Folkestone , Canterbury , Ashford and Tunbridge Wells to Brighton . |
| 16 | What 's going on all around you so then you concentrate on the ball again . |
| 17 | Because he likes to see what 's going on all the time . |
| 18 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 19 | Ter Terry 's going on one stage |
| 20 | I do n't understand what 's going on Prime Minister . |
| 21 | Oh she 'll be like a little old woman , she 's , well she 's nine , I think she 's going on thirty nine , to listen to her |
| 22 | The answer is never one the minimum we 've come across in an organization is two the typical is five to ten and in some organizations it 's going on fifteen . |
| 23 | so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him |
| 24 | but Valerie 's she 's , she 's going on alright but er , she ca n't move those fingers |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on either , but I 'm sure the girls will tell us when they 're ready . |
| 26 | They know what 's going on this that and the other . |
| 27 | Well wh what 's going on this weekend do you know ? |
| 28 | Er what 's going on this weekend then ? |
| 29 | 'Cos I just , I feel as if I 'm much less aware of what 's going on this year . |
| 30 | Be bloody careful cos you do n't know what the hell 's going on this bloody , this bloody wheel 's still going round , Doug . |