Example sentences of "[vb infin] what [was/were] [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 They would of course let me know what was going on as soon as possible .
2 They simply did not know what was going on .
3 Too many of us now say that they did n't know what was going on , and that they were long opposed to what was happening .
4 I thought I had all the answers although I did n't know what was going on .
5 Yet in one the father did not know what was going on , and was robbed of all dignity .
6 He set up on his own because the company he worked for , Top Man , did n't really know what was going on , on a street level .
7 At the time , however , he believed that Casey truly did not know what was going on .
8 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 .
9 There would be abut 20 people in and they would not know what was going on , ’ says Solowka .
10 I did n't know what was going on , but I was happy to be there , sipping Dennis 's eight-quid-a-bottle plonk , trading glances with his vibrant young — well , youngish — wife and openly admiring the charms of her lovely concentrated body .
11 ‘ We were very lucky when we first came over , ’ acknowledges Niall with a hearty slug of purified H 2 O. ‘ We did n't know what was going on in London , we were just here at the right time to entertain everyone .
12 ‘ They asked about Joanna , and because I did n't know what was going on I said she had been due at the Leisure Centre at 7pm to take her class .
13 ‘ I do n't know what was going on in his mind but it was n't going to do him much good .
14 Therefore I did n't know what was going on to the point where I carried on working in a prefabricated hut hard by the administration block during a very successful students ' occupation in summer 1976 .
15 If the system changed every five minutes nobody would know what was going on , he said .
16 Some friends who have lost their virginity did so because they did n't know what was going on .
17 I just did n't know what was going on .
18 It 's inconceivable that Andrew did n't eventually know what was going on .
19 ‘ I became really sick here for the first time and did n't know what was going on , ’ he recalls .
20 Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on .
21 They did n't know what was going on .
22 They did n't know what was going on , like , did n't know what to do , whether to lock me in me room , or let me out and do what I wanted to do , but in the end , like , I just did n't come back here for a coupla months .
23 Did Adam know what was going on ?
24 Buzz did n't know what was going on , but she certainly smelled dishonesty : it probably involved fraud , and it probably involved Adam .
25 I still did n't know what was going on , and was still desperately worried about what was happening at home .
26 I was smashing everything up and setting about people , 'cause I did n't know what was going on or nothing .
27 I did n't really know what was going on after I 'd had the baby .
28 I 'm sorry you had to worry about me because I would n't let you know what was going on in my mind , but I hope now you 'll realise why I kept silent for so long .
29 When he recovered , he 'd let the rest know what was going on .
30 ‘ I did n't know what was going on .
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