Example sentences of "what went [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

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1 No , Maidstone had been right all along : Sandison knew nothing about what went on in the city .
2 But curiously enough , such articulate recognition of the educational significance of the manyattas was exceptional , though administrators often behaved and wrote in ways which hinted at an implicit acknowledgement of the similarity between what went on in a Masai manyatta and what went on in the English boarding schools they had themselves attended .
3 But Steven had a b-i-g problem , because he had spent his whole life in Never Never , a land not best known for its grasp of real life , and his idea of what went on in the world outside was limited to the hazy notions he had picked up … from the movies .
4 If Jolly Sensible was a restaurant , everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement .
5 Jolly Sensible was a restaurant , everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement .
6 One top player said : ‘ It 's just great the way the Mirror has stuck at prising out exactly what went on in the umpires ’ room when the ball was changed during the lunch interval .
7 ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play .
8 Captions on the screen can give brief information about what went on in the missing bits and how much time has elapsed .
9 Radulfus maintained his judicial calm , and the earl 's broad brow was suave and benign , though there was no guessing what went on in the highly intelligent mind behind it ; but Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin sat very erect , stiff in the spine and with long , refined faces sharpened into steel , studiously not looking straight at each other , but maintaining each a bright gaze on distance , and the appearance of considering with magisterial detachment the situation that confronted them .
10 But Cadfael was certain by then that Herluin did not know his Tutilo at all , probably never had any clear idea what went on in the minds of any of his novices , because he paid no regard to them .
11 It 's the officers working now who are the only ones who can really tell you what went on in the past .
12 When the Hon. Gentleman has seen all the details , he should compare them with what went on in the valleys when he was a Minister .
13 He was not a fool ; he knew what went on in the fields about his home in summer ; he was not himself without desires , desires and curiosity .
14 ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village .
15 My hon. Friend draws attention to the fact that there is considerable maladministration among Labour councils , as witness the discovery of what went on in the council of Brent when it was under Labour control .
16 ‘ They were concerned I would do something gruesome or speak critically about what went on in the ward . ’
17 Still , it would be hard to deny that in , say , 1875 what went on in the university of Kazan and Kiev was more significant than what went on in Yale and Princeton .
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