Example sentences of "what went on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his most terrible threats , he could extract nothing about what went on during those eight days . " |
| 2 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 3 | But of course there had been no communication between her aunt and Silas for three years , therefore she was unlikely to be aware of what went on at this back-blocks property . |
| 4 | While such machines are still a long way from being able to beat the American champion ( there are about 700 Masters in the US ) , it is clear that the period from 1977 to the present has seen a degree and pace of progress in machine chess that is very different in kind from what went on between 1957 and 1976 . |
| 5 | Everyone was shown what went on inside this large factory — familiar to us but a curiousity to those whose relations work here , and have never seen it before . ’ |
| 6 | But it was impossible to tell what went on behind that massive , tortured brow , perpetually corrugated as if in a continual wince and recoil from life . |
| 7 | She sighed ; what the hell was she doing trying to speculate what went on behind that good-looking façade ? |
| 8 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |
| 9 | When I think of what went on in eastern Europe , and in fascist Europe before the war , when I was younger , I am glad that we have a free press . |
| 10 | We know very little of what went on in these places , from either archaeological or historical evidence , but R. H. Britnell has suggested that most markets were ‘ closely related to the growth of local trade between food producers , craftsmen and tradesmen ’ . |