Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] see what was going " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | My wife could n't believe that I was actually going out to see what was going on . |
| 3 | I started to walk a way out of the main bedroom and I heard P C say words to the effect of get down and I turned round to see what was going on and the man was trying to roll over to get up or that 's what I thought , erm not kicking or or fighting or anything but just to me it looked as though he was going to get up and I went back and with my hands just pushed down onto him and said stay there , it will all be explained er and then walked away . |
| 4 | ‘ Suddenly a police van came round the corner and pulled up to see what was going on . |
| 5 | I left it a while but they did n't break up , so I went over to see what was going on . |
| 6 | After a bit , me dad went out to see what was going on and all of a sudden there was such a crash , and erm then there was two more like , you know and er we heard what , what we assumed was somebody 's house tumbling down but it was our stable unfortunately . |
| 7 | ‘ I went out to see what was going on and a policeman told us to evacuate the area . |
| 8 | The neighbours and their children crowded around to see what was going on and to hear the conversation between Granny and Dad . |
| 9 | 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 . |