Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] what be [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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1 | However , it can be quite useful to know how it is supposed to work , because it may explain what is going on , sometimes … . |
2 | okay , anybody got any other reasons why they think that maybe we ought to know what 's going on in other countries , why , why would we be interested in the roots in Kenya , India , why would we be interested in those countries ? |
3 | When industry takes such decisions , the DTI must be involved and must know what is going on . |
4 | It is all very well , he argues , to say that voters should know what is going on , and use this knowledge to formulate their own electoral decisons ; but not when they are ‘ acting on duff information ’ . |
5 | Life is earnest and , as a responsible individual , I should know what is going on . |
6 | I think the world should know what 's going on . |
7 | ‘ If I am to help on this , then I should know what 's going on . |
8 | Pooling of clients and vendors is envisaged : ‘ Both parties should know what 's going on at both ends ’ . |
9 | She must see what was going on ; must find out who the men were and what it was they were carrying … |
10 | Then you know I mean they must have what was going on oh aye they just completely ignore it . |
11 | Now we 'll see what 's going on . ’ |
12 | So anyway , this bloke says oh I 'll chase it up and I 'll see what 's going on , he says I 'll give you a ring in morning . |
13 | Oh , we 'll see what 's going on , have a look . |
14 | Let's see what 's going on here . |
15 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
16 | Taking out Gwendoline Bear , who went with her everywhere , she sat her in the middle of the bed so that she could see what was going on . |
17 | She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal . |
18 | That we could own what was going on in Canberra . |
19 | She could tell he was close to some revelation that would explain what was going on . |
20 | If the system changed every five minutes nobody would know what was going on , he said . |
21 | Knowing that this particular subordinate is sensitive to criticism , you decide to reprimand him in the open-plan office where many of his colleagues at neighbouring desks will hear what is going on . |
22 | It is my belief that anorexic speech ( or , more literally , behaviour ) consists of two quite separate and often contradictory texts , and that it is only by studying them both , in order to fit them together and so come up with an amended text , that we can understand what is going on inside the anorexic herself . |
23 | The first is to provide simple descriptions of complex data so that we can understand what is going on in our experiments . |
24 | The two-stage compiler raises the intriguing possibility of gaining a direct C interface into Pick , but the company is adamant that the use of C rather than Flash Basic would be not only difficult , but also really naughty : ‘ that is not the intention ’ said one company official , adding ‘ we only mention the C interim step so that people can understand what is going on ’ — at least until , version 6.1 — of which , more later . |
25 | So , I can understand what 's going on , but it 's like when I saw it , I saw the R S C production , |
26 | Diana much prefers sitting in the body of the auditorium where she can see what is going on on stage . |
27 | The foster parents remain unconcerned as their own eggs or nestlings follow each other to the ground , even when they can see what is going on . |
28 | ‘ But you make me so angry , ’ she said on a short laugh , ‘ when anyone with half a brain can see what is going on ! ’ |
29 | To return to the point made by the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) , this is all about transparency and opening up the process to much greater public scrutiny , so that the public can see what is going on , the taxpayer can see what his or her money is being spent on and the customer can see the standard of service being contracted to be provided . |
30 | In any event , all the adventurers who can see what 's going on feel excruciating hunger pangs and take an automatic Wound . |