Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] what [was/were] going on " in BNC.

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1 She must see what was going on ; must find out who the men were and what it was they were carrying …
2 Then you know I mean they must have what was going on oh aye they just completely ignore it .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal .
6 That we could own what was going on in Canberra .
7 She could tell he was close to some revelation that would explain what was going on .
8 If the system changed every five minutes nobody would know what was going on , he said .
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