Example sentences of "[verb] what be going on " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I wanted to know what is going on . |
| 32 | We have a right to know what is going on , so I went to find out . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ I want to know what is going on in Birmingham , chapter and verse . ’ |
| 34 | They want to know what is going on , and what the general wants them to do , and why , and when ; they want to see and decide in their own minds what sort of person he is . |
| 35 | Do you really want to know what is going on , and where they took place ? |
| 36 | They are entitled to know what is going on , and to be helped to understand exactly what steps are being taken . |
| 37 | It is the first time I have asked to know what is going on . ’ |
| 38 | The President of the USA and other world leaders demand to know what is going on and government scientists are urged to get to the bottom of this — and fast . |
| 39 | There is a great deal of talk nowadays of global warming , the ‘ greenhouse effect ’ , the destruction of the ozone layer and so on , and it is difficult for an ordinary person to know what is going on , when even the scientists can not agree . |
| 40 | We are in a changing era ; more and more we have people who are unaware of these therapies , but equally want to know what is going on . |
| 41 | … You really must put it over that it is your job to know every wretched pipe anywhere on this river system … that it 's your job to know what is going on , who is doing what . ’ |
| 42 | Scottish Office Ministers are extremely selective about when we are operating in a unitary Parliament with unitary interests and when we are operating as a small segment of the United Kingdom when that segment is not supposed to know what is going on in another . |
| 43 | The Women 's Section of , the African National Congress in Lusaka , supporting joint action , for the release of political prisoners and detainees , and against forced removals , issued a statement on International Women 's Day , calling upon women of the world to insist on the right to know what is going on in South Africa ; to intensify the campaign for sanctions ; to fight for prisoner of war status for captured combatants ; to support the Save the Patriots campaign and to remember Daisy Modise , the only woman patriot of the 62 prisoners on death row . |
| 44 | Late one night , the concierge knocked on the door of Beatrice 's apartment , alarmed at the commotion , and demanded to know what was going on . |
| 45 | He 'd been hearing things , Denis had said , and he wanted to know what was going on at Rafferty 's . |
| 46 | It was good to have adults about as we were to find out , also it was nice to know what was going on in SW1 apart from evening classes . |
| 47 | It was impossible to know what was going on in her mind , but he was thankful that she seemed in no way agitated . |
| 48 | As they arrived more people wanted to know what was going on . |
| 49 | I remember cramming into a photo-booth with Nick , Joe and Paul to take amphetamine sulphate and there was a policemen standing outside wanting to know what was going on . |
| 50 | Conversely , we would be impressed by another yogi who could alter these processes in his intestines on a word of command but made no claims to know what was going on down there from moment to moment . |
| 51 | He had to know what was going on . |
| 52 | We all had the right to do this , but the rest of us would acknowledge the others ' right to know what was going on and why . |
| 53 | Lifting the phone from the desk , he demanded to know what was going on . |
| 54 | Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on . |
| 55 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 56 | He was driving past , saw a light on in the shop and demanded to know what was going on . ’ |
| 57 | " She just went out of her way to get to know what was going on . " |
| 58 | They just wanted to know what was going on in East Germany there and then . |
| 59 | I believe that my account of events is a good deal nearer the truth than some that have since been published : but then I was perhaps in a better position than some other observers to know what was going on . |
| 60 | The public were curious to know what was going on , often trying to get their reflection in the mirror in order to appear on television , and then there was the problem of health and safety and too much camera equipment in a confined space , and then the light was n't quite right … |