Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] going on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective . |
| 2 | What 's going on all around you so then you concentrate on the ball again . |
| 3 | Because he likes to see what 's going on all the time . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on either , but I 'm sure the girls will tell us when they 're ready . |
| 5 | They know what 's going on this that and the other . |
| 6 | Well wh what 's going on this weekend do you know ? |
| 7 | Er what 's going on this weekend then ? |
| 8 | 'Cos I just , I feel as if I 'm much less aware of what 's going on this year . |
| 9 | He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time |
| 10 | What is going on that led up to that ? |
| 11 | Although Fred pretended to be surprised at my earnings I felt sure he knew what was going on all the time . |
| 12 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 13 | Yes , because this is describing , analysing how ordinary people lived , what was going on that enabled them to live in this way . |