Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] what be going [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am devastated by what is going on — I have not got much time left and I want to spend it here , ’ said Gladys , who got the Queen 's Medal for her work with the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service . |
| 2 | ‘ Unless something is done about what is going on and a stop is put to the chaos , then the health-care prospects for London are very gloomy . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Connected with what 's going on at the moment ? ’ |
| 4 | Jimmy felt curiously detached from what was going on ; detached from whatever in hell had happened outside . |
| 5 | Theatre invites you to give your full attention to what is happening on stage — the theatrical experience is a very concentrated one and you as a member of the audience are vitally connected to what is going on . |
| 6 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 7 | That was fun , compared to what is going on now at the NEA . |
| 8 | On closer inspection it turns out to be also contextual , dictated by what is going on in the mind of the sender and the assumptions he or she makes about what is going on in the mind of the receiver . |
| 9 | He stepped under it , enjoying the feel of the water on his skin , his eyes closed , still confused about what was going on . |
| 10 | Erm and I do think that the press should be notified of what 's going on in this for this year . |
| 11 | After all , one of the reasons that I 'm doing this job is that I 'm plugged into what 's going on out there . |
| 12 | It 's just that I got so involved with what was going on that I completely forgot ! |
| 13 | ‘ The problem for people at the USTA and the LTA is that they are too far removed from what is going on in tennis to know what is really required , ’ he says . |
| 14 | The range of the job varies from agency to agency , but basically it involves : progress chasing , making sure that jobs are taken through their various stages on time ; production , making sure that jobs go to and from studios and publications in the appropriate form , and the appropriate sizes and shapes ; and record-keeping , ensuring that a record is kept of what is going on on each account and every job done for that account . |
| 15 | Increasingly , I was baffled by what was going on , and kept silent , only to be rebuked for not trying or for adopting a disdainful attitude . |
| 16 | You have to keep the City informed about what 's going on , but I think you can run a business — and I hope we do — to the highest moral standards whether it 's today or in the 1900s . |
| 17 | I mean that was really my only comment that I just erm heard this lady speaking erm okay she 's got two children and it probably is difficult to keep two children occupied without any children 's programmes , but like you commented , ‘ what did people do before television ’ , and erm I mean I 'm sure erm Rainbow and such , the people who produce those sort of television programmes would understand that keeping the majority of the country erm informed of what was going on was slightly more important than erm having children 's programmes on . |