Example sentences of "what was going [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think what was going on today was fine . |
| 2 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 3 | What was going on here ? |
| 4 | If you wanted to tell someone what was going on here , there are many different sentences that you might use . |
| 5 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 6 | When the computer was the domain of the ‘ data processing department ’ — with double doors to keep out unwanted irritants like dirt , warm air and people who did n't understand what was going on within — the resident team of programmers and operators went unchallenged . |
| 7 | The Doctor was using a pocket mirror to see what was going on outside without sticking his head out of the window , Howard was over by a small stove cooking several breakfasts , the hospital staff were milling about seeing to their patients , and Petion was being shaved by an orderly using a piece of broken glass . |
| 8 | Pearce had shoved Devlin back into one of the upholstered reception seats ; keeping one eye on him , the other on what was going on outside . |
| 9 | Donna sucked in a deep breath and headed for the stairs , intent on getting a clearer look at what was going on outside . |
| 10 | She crept back to the door and pressed her ear against it , trying to figure out what was going on outside . |
| 11 | Eva Burrows was undergoing a similar transformation though people talking to her probably understood very little of what was going on inside . |
| 12 | But there is some evidence of his association with liberals at Cambridge which must be mentioned briefly at this point , since it seems rather unlikely that he would have visited France in 1790 and again in 1791–2 if he had no sympathy with what was going on there . |
| 13 | So I do n't know what was going on there . |
| 14 | What was going on there ? |
| 15 | I wondered what was going on really , because I mean it just at least I can take them |
| 16 | They would of course let me know what was going on as soon as possible . |
| 17 | The Chairman will make sure that it stays going in that direction and everybody works together rather than against each other so you got a high score there you know and as we saw in the you might not think you 've got those Chairman 's skills but then what you did in the group where you were quite a central part of what was going on perhaps indicates that these can be developed . |