Example sentences of "what [vb -s] [verb] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Forgive me , Lady Theodosia , but I could not help but overhear something of what has transpired in this room . ’
2 I am sure that the House will bear with me for one or two minutes while I explain what has happened on this occasion .
3 I simply can not think what has happened to this class you 've ta when you 've .
4 What has happened to this Henry , since he landed at Ravenspur and struck out so baldly for a crown ? ’
5 But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity .
6 What has happened in this case is symptomatic of the adversarial approach , where technical points are taken in order to secure a particular result .
7 They turn , like Mr. Beck , easily to more corruption and try to wheedle their way out of their own previous corruption — and that is what has happened in this case .
8 Where do we shrug off the " I will if you will " tale of correlation and reach an actual decision about what has occurred on this occasion ?
9 He admitted : ‘ After what 's gone on this summer , of course things could blow up .
10 Oh no , what 's happened to this man 's paint ?
11 What 's happened with this fridge ?
12 So straight away you see what 's happened in this case his code becomes two eighty one H whereas previously we 've got quite a high code and yet his total income is er not er comparative to the change in code numbers and this is what has that effect , that all that tax on all this income has to be collected against his works pension , thereby causing a lot of confusion and difficulty for er people becoming retired .
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