Example sentences of "what [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aberdeen crematorium is well run and efficient and it seemed natural to open our doors and explain to the public exactly what goes on during this most important ceremony . ’ |
| 2 | What countless new churches have done is to take these helpful headings and develop what goes on under each one in a way that is flexible . |
| 3 | What goes on at these ‘ ends ’ is intelligible only to those involved . |
| 4 | ‘ You do not know what goes on at this school , ’ said Rafiq . |
| 5 | This evaluation highlighted one of the points made in Chapter 2 : what goes on between components is as important as what goes on within any component . |
| 6 | The media through which the sharers of a culture refine their insight into what goes on in each other 's heads are the arts in general , through which the most aware evoke in their audience the look and feel of things from their own viewpoints ( in the case of the drama and novel , of multiple interacting viewpoints ) , in fixed forms available to be explored at our leisure . |
| 7 | This field , again , is important , since without it , as we shall see , great harm to living creatures could occur as a result of what goes on in outer space . |
| 8 | There is no reason to suppose that what goes on in one domain is necessarily relevant to what goes on in another . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 12 | Die Grünen is generally regarded as the most turbulent and self-destructive of the Green parties , but its internal quarrels are , says Sara Parkin in her guide to the European Greens , ‘ only a more flagrant example ’ of what goes on in all the parties . |
| 13 | There is no reason to suppose that what goes on in one domain is necessarily relevant to what goes on in another . |
| 14 | Mexico apart ( and for domestic reasons no American government can ignore Mexico ) , the administration is not much bothered with what goes on in Latin America . |
| 15 | Nobody knows what goes on in these places . |
| 16 | And er , they are actually a good description of what goes on in those departments and those that relate to these procedures . |
| 17 | Also , the local MP has taken it upon himself to look personally into what goes on in this prison . ’ |
| 18 | Hey , what goes on in this one , though ? |
| 19 | I know he talks to you about what goes on in this office , but I get a feedback about you . ’ |
| 20 | We 're supposed to know what goes on in this country , and the PM 's health is a national asset , so … |
| 21 | This centre looks like a huge barracks in the hills and no one knows what goes on in this place . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm just interested to know what goes on beneath that hostile little shell you present to the world , Virginia . |
| 23 | Who knows what goes on behind those net curtains . |
| 24 | Er , what goes on behind those closed doors , even I do n't know . |
| 25 | Right : The Eradicator gets no prizes for good looks , but it 's what goes on inside that justifies the price . |
| 26 | To explain it better I should have done what adds up to thirty six then up to three hundred and sixty should n't I ? |
| 27 | During the last few years , we have begun to learn something of these mothers ' true feelings from the women who suffered the regime at first hand : what stands out in such accounts is the emotion which is still generated in the mother by her own memories . |
| 28 | What leads up to this actualization is not specified , the very fact of something having led to it constituting that which is judged negatively by the speaker . |
| 29 | ‘ What shines out of this show is Dario Fo 's love of humanity and truth ’ Michael Billington , The Guardian |
| 30 | What shines out of these photographs is her bravery . |