Example sentences of "[vb pp] what be going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she not have noticed what was going on under her nose ? |
| 2 | The spokesman added : ‘ The weapon was being discharged , but he must have noticed what was going on because he rang up saying who he was and apologised . |
| 3 | I 'm not saying that people would have never changed their ideas but if it would have been done in the manner that it would have been done in in the first place and if people would have been told about their future lives and if people had been , would 've accepted what was going on in light of all the decisions that have been taken previously regarding the merger issue . |
| 4 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 5 | He 's seen what 's going on and five years is it ? |
| 6 | That 's right , yeah , cos I mean he 's , he 's certainly sort of , even though he 's been sort of prisoner , I mean , he 's seen what 's going on and , and he 's had what five years of it ? |
| 7 | My thoughts rippled out to the airport , then to the bus to Chinchero , to the large numbers of people who were there , who must have seen what was going on , who did nothing . |
| 8 | Emily felt a sudden anger against the Grenfells , they had allowed this to happen to her father , even Craig had not been innocent , he should have seen what was going on in his own business . |
| 9 | Oh ! could the originals of the portraits against the wainscot , could the gentlemen in brown velvet and the ladies in blue satin have seen what was going on , have been conscious of such an overthrow of all order and neatness ! |
| 10 | And the reason I do that , is that er , I believe that you 've er , actually misunderstood what is going on , and I alluded to some of that during the debate earlier , on the budget . |
| 11 | It may be that friends and relatives who are less affected by the death of the family member , could give some special attention to the children who are wanting to be comforted and to be told what is going on . |
| 12 | After all , he 's been told what 's going on , she has n't — and is almost driven to suicide by his mysterious silence , ’ she explains . |
| 13 | Just to be told what 's going on , what 's in the packet , what the future holds for us in the food game . |
| 14 | It appears from the German newspaper report that the Bonn authorities , in the form of BfV , were told what was going on following MI5 and MI6 's involvement in 1981 . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'll be told in good time , ’ he said and would not listen when Goll the Gorm said , crossly , as they trooped out , that it was always the same ; they were not told what was going on and it was a disgrace and a scandal and there 'd be a revolution at Tara before much longer , if there would n't be an outright war . |
| 16 | Having understood what was going on , people were putting up their hands for requests . |
| 17 | It has got a start and a finish and you known what is going on . ’ |
| 18 | If they could have only known what 's going on in my head . |
| 19 | deFries , being a straight guy , would n't have known what was going on . |
| 20 | Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people . |
| 21 | That could only have happened if the Left did not know what was going on , and it could only have not known what was going on if it was being tricked by one of its own . |
| 22 | All the time , right up till then and a little beyond , Mary had n't known what was going on . |
| 23 | ‘ If I 'd known what was going on in that house right under my nose … ’ |
| 24 | Dadda would have locked Stephen up if he had known what was going on . |
| 25 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ says Howard suddenly , ‘ when you think about it , I ca n't really have known what was going on in Bill Brice 's mind — or in Professor Cornish 's . |
| 26 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 27 | Elected in 1978 , it is hardly surprising that John Paul should see his task as the re-establishment of order and confidence on pretty traditional lines , though his charismatic personality shown forth throughout the world in an unending series of exciting international tours for a time almost concealed what was going on . |
| 28 | At that very moment , Jack Warner , having heard what was going on , walked on to the set and barred Hopper from ever working for Warners again . |
| 29 | The plain truth was that he had n't witnessed what was going on behind him . |
| 30 | But until we have found out why the generalisation holds by complementing it with an account of the actions and attitudes of individuals , we will not have explained what is going on . |