Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] what [was/were] going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's inconceivable that Andrew did n't eventually know what was going on . |
| 2 | Hearing noises in the little white salon as she passed its door , she poked her head in to see what was going on . |
| 3 | And so condoned what was going on . |
| 4 | I saw the drivers holding a conference in a bus in the lower reaches of the car park and decided to mosey down to see what was going on . |
| 5 | The sound of high-pitched wailing from the woods indicated that the village women were being held there , out of sight but close enough to hear what was going on . |
| 6 | She spoke Spanish a little , enough to understand what was going on , although at her interview she had been told that all her patients would be British . |
| 7 | If you 'd just explain what was going on . |
| 8 | So you actually found yourself not trusting what was going on . |
| 9 | I just popped in just to see what was going on . |
| 10 | I left it a while but they did n't break up , so I went over to see what was going on . |
| 11 | They simply did not know what was going on . |
| 12 | Yet in one the father did not know what was going on , and was robbed of all dignity . |
| 13 | At the time , however , he believed that Casey truly did not know what was going on . |
| 14 | That could only have happened if the Left did not know what was going on , and it could only have not known what was going on if it was being tricked by one of its own . |
| 15 | There would be abut 20 people in and they would not know what was going on , ’ says Solowka . |
| 16 | The Government can not say , as an excuse , that they did not know what was going on and how it could escalate . |
| 17 | The first example above , for instance , implies that Dickens took special care not to represent Chancery in a particular way , which is something we can never know ( we can not know what was going on in Dickens 's head ) . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll be told in good time , ’ he said and would not listen when Goll the Gorm said , crossly , as they trooped out , that it was always the same ; they were not told what was going on and it was a disgrace and a scandal and there 'd be a revolution at Tara before much longer , if there would n't be an outright war . |
| 19 | Now I could not hear what was going on and I was quite sure nobody could hit a ball , or whatever they use in baseball , away out where I was standing . |
| 20 | That could only have happened if the Left did not know what was going on , and it could only have not known what was going on if it was being tricked by one of its own . |
| 21 | This is known as cataphora , and it is a favourite opening device of authors who begin stories and novels with an unidentified he or she , both enticing us to look further , and plunging us into the middle of a situation as though we already knew what was going on . |
| 22 | Er we did n't always know what was going on but erm , we did catch the planes when they took off in the morning and we watched them come home in the afternoons and we got some ideas sometimes when things had n't gone quite right and I 'm sure we did share with you in your grief . |
| 23 | The petticoat Mafia at the top of the organisation always knew what was going on , often before the top executives themselves . |
| 24 | He would shuffle around in his seat and then be highly critical , but he always knew what was going on . |
| 25 | I was absolutely stunned , I hardly knew what was going on . |
| 26 | ‘ Suddenly a police van came round the corner and pulled up to see what was going on . |
| 27 | Police and ambulances turned up to see what was going on , but six bouncers could n't prevent the metal entrance shutters from being wrecked , while inside Michaela was getting a barrage of abuse . |
| 28 | Ace glanced back and saw him , instantly realizing what was going on . |
| 29 | She yawned and rubbed her eyes , and poked her head out to see what was going on . |
| 30 | My wife could n't believe that I was actually going out to see what was going on . |