Example sentences of "things [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have , by nature , a great deal of common sense , and should life become unexpectedly eventful of confusing , the important thing is to meet things head on with Capricornian determination , and always with an eye to the long-term future . |
| 2 | If things carried on at this pace , she and Johnny would find themselves meeting every day . |
| 3 | But he he do n't like things put on to him so quickly . |
| 4 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
| 5 | There were all sorts of things going on with the WTA board , and I took a leadership position there . |
| 6 | Now what about the cream , how are things going on with that , cos you 've been |
| 7 | I get the impression that the disappearance last year of Sounds and Record Mirror caused more than a slight fluttering in the dovecote and that the paper has since tended to concentrate more on This Week 's Sensation and less on the diverting things going on on the fringe . |
| 8 | ‘ Hear you 've got great things going on over there . ’ |
| 9 | You need to consider your exercise programme in the context of other things going on in your life . |
| 10 | There are other things going on in life . |
| 11 | Funny things going on in his place , too , I should n't wonder . |
| 12 | There were enough new things going on in her mind . |
| 13 | ‘ It is a particular shame for Neil because there were far worse things going on in the game but some people only want to see the dark side of him . |
| 14 | It is almost as if Big Brother begrudges us our pleasures and has decided to make us realise there are other things going on in the world other than cricket . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sure there must be more interesting things going on in Ireland than just the bands , ’ he says dismissively . |
| 16 | Safe things going on in my life . |
| 17 | There were all sorts of busy monkish things going on in the courtyard of the monastery of Saint Sacco Benedetto . |
| 18 | He had known she was old but she had been so full of vitality , and interested in all the things going on in the world , that her death was a shock . |
| 19 | ‘ There are some funny things going on around here . ’ |
| 20 | And inside the buildings , there are normal everyday things going on like whist drives , discos and parties ; there are shops , and a pub . |
| 21 | And not I should n't be here I really do n't know what I should be saying I really have n't got as much knowledge as everybody else that does n't matter , if you 're in a group it does n't matter what you know and what you do n't know there 's still things going on within that group that you can contribute |
| 22 | How are things going on from the other point of view ? |
| 23 | He seemed to have talent too , though the neural induction gauntlet was a bit old-fashioned now , even in Schiaparelli where things hang on for ever . |
| 24 | No , the trees are the er things tied on to them are n't . |
| 25 | Teachers have constantly to buttonhole each other as they pass in the staffroom and tack extra things to do on to the bottom of each other 's already overlong agendas . |
| 26 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 27 | All these things go on as a |
| 28 | ‘ If things go on like this , there will be no doormen and that will make it even worse , ’ he said . |
| 29 | er that things go on like that . |
| 30 | Yes I think er people should hear that er er er the royal family 's had a lot of correction in the past with the outside world and er come and go and you know , people know the royal family very well and they attract a lot of business , a lot of things go on behind the scenes whether it 's from glamour point of view . |