Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pron] happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No responsibility for what he did or for what happens to him afterwards . |
| 2 | ‘ And after what happened to Bath , I think the whole country must be rejoicing ! ’ |
| 3 | What has been seen as an aspect of the Roman catholic intellectual opposition to divorce in Chapter 5 can also be recognized as a feature of the defence of catholic schools too : the opposition contains an interpretation of the moral nature of contemporary society and of what happens to catholics who are not to some degree protected from it . |
| 4 | I am sure the Barons of the Exchequer would be interested in the profits to be made in the king 's prison , and in what happens to money entrusted to you . ’ |
| 5 | These , er , workers ’ — his voice took on a faint sneer as he said the word — ‘ these workers suggest that most human behavior is learned , that we are controlled in our actions not by our inheritance but by what happens to us after birth . |
| 6 | ‘ Tuesday was a down day because of what happened to Derek Redmond , Roger Black and Colin Jackson . |
| 7 | He believed that human beings were born sociable , cooperative , altruistic , nice , civilized and that if , in later life , they showed anti-social selfish , criminal erm , egoistic tendencies , it was because of what happened to them after they were born . |
| 8 | We have heard on the television that there will be another and there are lots of people who are in , in absolute despair , because of what happened to their houses and their properties and their furniture and everything else and I think it is only right and proper and I can only say that West Sussex County Council has by so many people that it has |
| 9 | There are varying reports as to what happened to the distraught young woman . |