Example sentences of "what [is] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not come about to any large degree an' there 's bin a lot o' firms that invested in what 's turned out ter be a pipe dream . |
| 2 | What 's startling about 1986 is the manner in which the pop obsessions of self , want , luxury and aggression , have found their way to the surface of hip hop , with all the softer elements not germane to this violent push ruthlessly edited out . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's holding up the cashless society ? ’ asked New Scientist on its front cover , signalling a feature on the electronic possibilities in paying for goods and services . |
| 4 | ‘ Because that 's what 's holding up Mont Blanc. ’ — ‘ Oh , yes . ’ |
| 5 | If only they could make this even a little communicative of what 's careering about in their heads , maybe there would be less physical damage done . |
| 6 | What 's brought to the fore is the political content of the music , but what 's written out is the ‘ unsoundness ’ — the anti-social , anti-egalitarian narcissism of black pop , the brutality of hip hop , the show excess and upward aspirations of mainstream soul . |
| 7 | Sign of the Times was like ‘ What 's Goin' On ’ , in that it 's a pandemonium of anguish and compassion in the face of the impending apocalypse , devoid of any real critique let alone programmatic approach to change . |
| 8 | Do you imagine that any single figure in pop can tell us precisely What 's Goin' On ? |
| 9 | What 's goin' on ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What 's goin' on here ? ’ asked Den impatiently . |
| 11 | ‘ I s'pose she do n't want yer knowin' what 's goin' on , ’ he suggested wisely . |
| 12 | ‘ I know what 's goin' on so that 's not the reason she sends me away . |
| 13 | Today I 'm here in Madrid and that 's just what 's goin' on . |
| 14 | I wish I was some 'andsome gent 's lady friend , but I do n't 'ave the looks really , I 've just got a sort of orphanage face — here , what 's goin' on ? |
| 15 | ‘ Here , who 's that out there , what 's goin' on ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Come on , what 's goin' on ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What 's goin' on ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ 'Ere , what 's goin' on ? ’ asked Dolly . |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder what 's goin' on there ? ’ |
| 20 | " So I was , sir , but I thought my bride had better see something of what 's goin' on in town before I take her back and bury her on the Moor . |
| 21 | It 's unusual for Festival to extend an invitation to an artist to return for a second consecutive year but that is what 's to happen tonight and we make no apology for it . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's to happen then ? |
| 23 | And then , off you go and make them ready and when you get out onto the heath you just , the horses what 's galloping together , you 've all been weighed out and then who 's riding them and they all take the sheets off and they er straightaway . |
| 24 | I think it 's as well I did , especially in view of what 's brewing up now . |
| 25 | It 's like what 's 'appenin' over in Russia . |
| 26 | " The fact is , Chuck , " he said turning back to his older son , " Just seeing what 's happening around you is n't enough . |
| 27 | Nonetheless , every detail you can obtain from a crime , or witness 's statement , the better you chances of finding out what 's happening around here ! |
| 28 | Er I du n no what 's happening yet it says in this book |
| 29 | Whenever leading faces of stage and screen change their image drastically , it 's a heavy indication of what 's happening generally on the fashion scene . |
| 30 | KEYS : ‘ But it is not just a question of what is going on on the park , it 's what 's happening elsewhere that we 're beginning to hear and read about and that 's never been the case at Liverpool previously , ever . |