Example sentences of "[det] be happening " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't help it I I 'm such a give away when things like that are happening . |
| 2 | Scenes like this are happening thousands of times every day throughout Britain , as cars like this one end up wrecked by joyriders . |
| 3 | How could this be happening to him ? |
| 4 | How could this be happening to her ? |
| 5 | How can this be happening to his grammar ? |
| 6 | Oh sweet Jesus , how can this be happening to me ? |
| 7 | Why might this be happening ? |
| 8 | This is happening while students play pool and pinball machines , and right next to him , Madam Mosley knits a scarf and talks about making good sensible entertaining shows . |
| 9 | If this is happening , work from both ends . |
| 10 | It is not the fault of the gypsies this is happening but short-sighted legislation . ’ |
| 11 | The surpising thing is not that this is happening now , but rather that it was staved off for so long . |
| 12 | And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem . |
| 13 | The prime minister 's critics say all this is happening too late ; that he should have regrouped last autumn , and that the Canadian Titanic may founder even while the ministers switch deckchairs . |
| 14 | For safety , it is n't a good idea if you 're completely alone while this is happening , which is why I 'm around . |
| 15 | I can not say with any degree of certainty that this is happening , but the rolling performance is part of the bream 's basic instincts , and therefore I can not believe that certain members of a species abandon entirely a basic behavioural activity . |
| 16 | This is happening because |
| 17 | There are some early indications that this is happening , for example , in the concern among district and regional managers to minimise the impact of GP practice budgets on ‘ their ’ hospitals . |
| 18 | While this is happening we may get into standing , walking or sitting in ways that are a strain on the body . |
| 19 | At this stage of recognition , using the Mothercare catalogue or the Ahlbergs ' witty The baby 's catalogue , the young reader is learning some of the conventions we have mentioned , is finding a relationship between the content of books and outside reality , building up a useful vocabulary , and — if this is happening in a relaxed and loving environment — having a good time . |
| 20 | There are signs that this is happening . |
| 21 | To know if this is happening and is likely to continue , use a cash flow chart . |
| 22 | If they start to fall beneath their percentile band then they are not growing or gaining weight at the expected rate and it is important to try to determine why this is happening . |
| 23 | This is happening right now in the eastern Pacific — the Pacific Plate is sliding north-westwards , while the North American Plate is sliding south-eastwards , and the two strain and rub as they do so . |
| 24 | All this is happening on the main bed , of course . |
| 25 | All this is happening against the background of a worldwide accumulation of civilian plutonium . |
| 26 | There are already worrying signs that this is happening . |
| 27 | It must be the responsible adults who decide to place a child thus , with a clear explanation to the young person this is happening because adults will not tolerate such behaviour . |
| 28 | If this is happening , it is surely a misuse of the leave procedure and it reveals a lack of judicial resources to meet demand . |
| 29 | This is happening not just in the ghettoes of American cities where intolerance has become institutionalised . |
| 30 | This is happening in an extremely ad hoc fashion at present . |