Example sentences of "[verb] what go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of an apparently satisfactory way of explaining what goes on we are far less confident than in the good old days of AIDA — but at least we know that AIDA was as inadequate as a theory as her operatic namesake was ill-starred in love . |
| 2 | The newspapers described what went on , particularly the annual Presidential Addresses , which generally called for more scientific education , and were fully and widely reported . |
| 3 | I have a right to know what goes on behind my back . ’ |
| 4 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |
| 5 | We 're supposed to know what goes on in this country , and the PM 's health is a national asset , so … |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm just interested to know what goes on beneath that hostile little shell you present to the world , Virginia . |
| 7 | And who was to know what went on in anyone else 's family ? |
| 8 | ‘ But you want to know what went on between us between Theo and me . ’ |
| 9 | My main fear is that once the initial publicity for this has died down , that the Health Authority may attempt to have some sort of behind closed doors , almost like a cover up , and I think that , that , the , this is , this incident has got such ramifications for hospital security in general , there should be a full public enquiry ; and the public have a right to know what went on . |
| 10 | If communities can be thought of as houses , we are as concerned to discover what goes on in the bedroom , bathroom and kitchen as in the dining-room and sitting-room . |
| 11 | With currently available equipment we are not able to discover what goes on in detail in the brain when someone is speaking , though we can make guesses based on evidence such as speech errors ( ‘ slips of the tongue ’ ) and the effects on speech production of different sorts of brain damage . |
| 12 | ‘ As your property happens to be slap-bang in the middle of our site , it seemed like common sense to discover what went on here . |
| 13 | The Japanese are now the only ones who do n't know what went on . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't really know what went on from there . |
| 15 | We shall probably never know what went on behind the scenes when these phrases were added to the documents . |
| 16 | ‘ He does n't know what goes on here , because he 's always away . |
| 17 | The producer should know the score , not in the same way as a conductor , but perhaps in the manner of a good driver who does not know what goes on underneath the bonnet but who can handle a car very well and one who knows exactly what to do if the car breaks down . |
| 18 | You do n't know what goes on off the course with the other guys ; their mental work and physical training . |
| 19 | Like , how do you know what goes on , like with , dolphins , with whales , with all sorts of species of animals , like we do n't know , well we 're so dense we can only see things like this ! |
| 20 | We do n't know what goes on there , we 've got no right to interfere with their lives ! |
| 21 | ‘ She thinks I do n't know what goes on and I do n't say anything . |
| 22 | They think that I 'm just a mousy old woman , and could n't possibly know what goes on — they 've taken away all confidential work from me and Mr. Lennis treats me as if I were a half-wit . |
| 23 | Or is it because they do not actually know what goes on at field sport events such as shooting ? |
| 24 | ‘ You do not know what goes on at this school , ’ said Rafiq . |
| 25 | How how can we tell , because as an officer , and this is this is Richard 's point , as an officer how do you know what goes on in the barrack room ? |
| 26 | Stupid cow , she thinks I do n't know what goes on . |
| 27 | You 're like that girl Flavia : you think I do n't know what goes on around me , but I 've got my eyes open . ’ |
| 28 | I believe it to have been factually true that Crossman 's ambition to gain and retain Cabinet office was the aspiration to be in a position to observe what goes on as an academic or a philosopher observes . |
| 29 | The observer 's task is then to observe what goes on in a classroom and , every three seconds , to tick the category that best describes what has been happening during that period . |
| 30 | The published paper was more extensive and a much better article , but an author does not have to be paranoid to wonder what went on . |