Example sentences of "just [v-ing] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that 's , that 's the other thing when there 's only two of you involved and you , we were opening for that first sort of eighteen months five , six days a week just keeping on top of a day to day business does n't allow you to sit back |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just checking on dinner , ’ he said , as she stalked in . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think so , she was just passing on gossip . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm just passing on gossip for what it 's worth . ’ |
| 5 | And er eventually he came er an engine which er there were some which started on petrol and then you turned on to paraffin but most of the work , just going on petrol , with a plug and a magneto . |
| 6 | Nobody ever got rich by just going on talk shows — well , not on mine , anyway — and when you 're talking about actors who are paid millions of pounds for one film , then I suspect their accountants advise them against it . |
| 7 | In the Operations Room , some of the female part-time watchkeepers were just coming on duty and were being briefed on the operations that were planned for the day and those that were already taking place . |
| 8 | Indeed , HIV could provide a means of encouraging people to broaden their sexual horizons , by not just relying on penetration as the goal of sexual pleasure . |