Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] what be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , when people do not know what is happening to them , they become frightened , feel out of control , and are more prone to catastrophic misinterpretations . |
| 2 | Jane , the supreme example of self-control , did not know what was happening to her ! |
| 3 | Before long , through unobtrusive questioning , he had discovered the root of the boy 's fear — simply that he did not know what was going to be done to him . |
| 4 | He could not believe what was happening to him . |
| 5 | She could not believe what was happening to her . |
| 6 | If we feel sorry for the dying cat that can not understand what is happening to it , we should remember that it has one enormous advantage over us : it has no fear of death , which is something we humans must all carry with us throughout our long lives . |
| 7 | If you do not understand what is happening to a patient or the rationale behind any action you are asked to take , be sure to find out . |
| 8 | He could still not understand what was happening to him , or the far-reaching effects it must have upon his life . |
| 9 | So as Harry now leaves home for good on his mother 's birthday , he can not really explain what is happening to him . |
| 10 | We could n't think what was happening to you . ’ |
| 11 | He does n't know what 's coming to him . |
| 12 | I do n't know what 's happening to this place . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream . |
| 14 | I do n't know what 's happening to me exactly . " |
| 15 | According to Lorraine Thorne of the Environmental Investigation Agency : " We just do n't know what 's happening to the marine ecosystem of the Antarctic . |
| 16 | Your body does n't know what 's happening to it , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't know what was happening to me ! |
| 18 | He leaned on her , not wholly unconscious , but she could tell he did n't know what was happening to him . |
| 19 | Devils could get into children because children were weak and did n't know what was happening to them . |
| 20 | So you and your family hatched a plot whereby you flirted with her and turned her stupid , innocent head ; where you pawed her and manoeuvred her into private corners until she did n't know what was happening to her ! |
| 21 | The Minister , however , does not give a damn about what is happening to people on the lowest incomes ; he does not even understand what is happening to local government . |
| 22 | I could n't understand what was happening to me and I began to sink deeper and deeper into the pit . |
| 23 | And if it does n't make any money , thought Charles , you do n't even get what 's owing to you . |
| 24 | and you do n't care what 's happening to you . |
| 25 | dates and they ca n't say what 's going to happens they have to go through , sift the evidence , arrange it all in a certain order , |
| 26 | The real er difficulty is that we at this stage do n't actually know what 's going to be in the local plan and we believe and this is what erm Mid Sussex District Council are suggesting , is that it will be an amalgamation of the current separate local plans which cover their area , but there may well be some changes erm and until we see the thing as a whole we do n't know what it will say , moreover erm there may be elements outside the East Grinstead housing and business allocation which erm from another point of view might lead to a withholding of the statement of conformity . |