Example sentences of "understand what was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she did n't understand what was going on inside his head , which she found disturbing . |
| 2 | But in a way the nineteenth century was the century of history , because it was erm thought at that particular period of time that in order to understand what was going on in contemporary life , you had to have some historical appreciation , knowledge and perspective , and erm a great deal of the explanation of other subjects in the nineteenth century was , erm if you like , historical in character . |
| 3 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |
| 4 | I had to interrupt her flow of catastrophes to suggest that we try to understand what was going on beneath the surface . |
| 5 | Miguel looked up at her suddenly , caught her staring , and hesitated in what he was saying , as though he understood what was going on in her mind . |
| 6 | No one understood what was going on inside Ramanujan 's . |