Example sentences of "[vb past] what be going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | Of course , nobody saw or heard what was going on . |
| 3 | By visitation of the monastic and parish churches within their dioceses , the bishops heard what was going on . |
| 4 | Mrs Bottomley , who was plainly furious when she heard what was going on , said : ‘ I am interested in management , not make-up . |
| 5 | I just kept my mouth shut and watched what was going on . |
| 6 | No one understood what was going on inside Ramanujan 's . |
| 7 | I do n't think we lost the urgency because the producer understood what was going on . |
| 8 | Followed by Perdita , who only half understood what was going on , Luke sprinted out to the paddock . |
| 9 | IBM caught onto this but we do n't think it really understood what was going on . |
| 10 | Miguel looked up at her suddenly , caught her staring , and hesitated in what he was saying , as though he understood what was going on in her mind . |
| 11 | It takes about three days to get a call out and I remember DeFries did n't answer any of David 's calls because I think he knew what was going on . |
| 12 | The petticoat Mafia at the top of the organisation always knew what was going on , often before the top executives themselves . |
| 13 | Large numbers of people had wind of them , indeed opposed them , but did not wish to admit that they even knew what was going on . |
| 14 | Channell told him that supporters who gave $300,000 or more could meet Reagan for 15 minutes , and that their visits were not logged on : ‘ the implication being that this was so secret that the President wanted to keep it so not everybody at the White House knew what was going on . ’ |
| 15 | Jackie , Rose and Sam knew what was going on but nobody else did . |
| 16 | ‘ During the campaign I never watched telly or saw my family and I never really knew what was going on in the election , ’ said his brother Andrew , 26 . |
| 17 | They were quite unaware that Herbert Chapman , two hundred miles away in Huddersfield , knew what was going on . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I knew what was going on . |
| 20 | ‘ There was so much going on around him after the World Cup , I 'm not sure even he knew what was going on . |
| 21 | Most of the county players too knew what was going on but kept silent . |
| 22 | I ca n't see that Cowdrey knew what was going on among the fielders while Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled . |
| 23 | The head was away and that was dreadful because he was one of the few people that knew what was going on because the community adviser told him that home/school links was an area that we should think about ; that is the school . |
| 24 | No one would dare say that it was his fault outright , but he knew what was going on in everyone else 's mind . |
| 25 | I remember asking on the shop floor of a division , the board of which had been reduced from fifteen to four , what the major difference was This was not because the fifteen previous board members had felt to be down the line , and was told , to my surprise , that the biggest difference was that they now knew what was going on . |
| 26 | Then a dog barked outside , and straight away she was alive , she knew what was going on . |
| 27 | This is known as cataphora , and it is a favourite opening device of authors who begin stories and novels with an unidentified he or she , both enticing us to look further , and plunging us into the middle of a situation as though we already knew what was going on . |
| 28 | The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye . |
| 29 | I was absolutely stunned , I hardly knew what was going on . |
| 30 | I knew what was going on . |