Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] what be going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | for example , too much weaving and rolling of bodies on the floor is hardly visible from the stalls , whilst too much concentration on one side of the stage finds spectators on the same side craning their necks to see what is going on . |
| 2 | It was early evening when we wandered round to Fair Hill to see what was going on . |
| 3 | She knew that Christie Goldsborough was looking at her strangely and that other people , somewhere in the room — pushing into the doorway to see what was going on — were looking at her too . |
| 4 | Anxiety management training is about helping clients to understand what is going on , then teaching them skills to cope with anxiety , then encouraging them to put themselves deliberately into situations which create anxiety but with which they cope successfully . |
| 5 | This was why they had n't caught on to the idea of the ground being curved , not flat — and so had to invent an imaginary force to explain what was going on . |
| 6 | Second , we can do a great deal to explain what is going on within the funeral service — the symbolism , the words used , the belief that lies behind some of the things said . |
| 7 | Surprised at this , as whisky was in very short supply in the city , Sandison asked what was going on . |
| 8 | In a flash , Loretta realized what was going on . |
| 9 | The ‘ good ’ child will often tell tales on the naughty one under the guise of helping the parents know what is going on . |
| 10 | Now the sensing person , prefers to use her five senses to perceive what 's going on about her . |
| 11 | When the Princess discovered what was going on she had one terse meeting with her husband and told him : ‘ Why do n't you save yourself a phone call and ring the papers direct ? ’ |
| 12 | I ca n't see that Cowdrey knew what was going on among the fielders while Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled . |
| 13 | His elder brother coming home from the fields and hearing dancing enquired what was going on . |
| 14 | And it , er , er , cos I say demonstrated because we 've got these two people here , er this man and the little girl there who are obviously , erm on a visit to this mill watching what 's going on . |
| 15 | When David Wilson realized what was going on , he began talking to Scotland Yard . |
| 16 | … 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 . ’ |
| 17 | I have as much right to know what 's going on as they do . |
| 18 | We have a right to know what is going on , so I went to find out . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The same information will help members of a project team to understand what is going on , and why , strengthening their contribution and going some way to prepare them for the project management role when it comes their way . |
| 23 | The industrial paradigm has been based on the idea that the purpose of life is the satisfaction of our physical needs ( including our intellectual need to understand what is going on in the physical universe ) . |
| 24 | To be a Met Assistant you did n't have to understand the reason why the weather did this or that , you only had to record what was happening and make sure the officer in charge knew what was going on . |
| 25 | Moratoriums are usually informal agreements , but if you are ever involved in one , make sure it includes plenty of protection clauses as well as a defined reporting procedure to ensure that you and the other creditors know what is going on and that you are all receiving fair treatment . |
| 26 | I admit I was wrong about the Cairngorms , and I did n't even have the chance to see what was going on behind the plateau to the south . |
| 27 | The opportunity this gives an incumbent to take a broad view is useful if he or she has the resources to know what is going on . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | When he recovered , he 'd let the rest know what was going on . |
| 30 | Did Adam know what was going on ? |