Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | And hammered on the door so one of the teache and it was the class where I was too happened to be by the door there . |
| 2 | It continues : ’ Both suggestions have merit ; to some extent they reflect developments which are already happening , for example in the care of the terminally ill where many nurses have special expertise . |
| 3 | The murder last weekend of five Turks in Solingen , in Germany , coincided with a speech by Winston Churchill , a British member of Parliament and grandson of the grand old man , talking of the ‘ relentless flow ’ of immigrants into Britain ( which is not happening ) . |
| 4 | BUT it 's not like The U2 or The U2s , which is already happening and ruins it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We are happy to legislate on something which is already happening in the game , in other words to make it legal for the hooker to strike as soon as the ball leaves the hands of the scrum-half — as happens in reality — rather than when it pitches . |
| 6 | The people in the photograph in the I ‘ –3()s saw the start of another great change which is still happening today . |
| 7 | So something 's obviously happening . |
| 8 | But something is already happening . |
| 9 | GUIL : ( Excitedly ) Out of the void , finally , a sound ; while on a boat ( admittedly ) outside the action ( admittedly ) the perfect and absolute silence of the wet lazy slap of water against water and the rolling creak of timber — breaks ; giving rise at once to the speculation or the assumption or the hope that something is about to happen ; a pipe is heard . |
| 10 | Whenever he gets the ball , everybody thinks something is about to happen . |
| 11 | But the peaceful feeling which accompanies hypnosis and the constant reminders that she was relaxed and comfortable and everything was simply happening in her imagination had served to prevent any fear and anxiety at all . |
| 12 | When she had graduated from the School of Fashion she had sold her entire degree collection to Lady Jane , a small but exclusive West End boutique , who had greeted her designs with such enthusiasm that she had believed the world was her oyster and everything was about to happen for her . |
| 13 | We knew that something was about to happen . |
| 14 | In truth she was n't really interested in Taureg 's arrival , but anything that broke the self-imposed purdah of her existence was welcome , she supposed , for she still stood outside the real world , looking in ; a part of her still waited in Yeoman 's Lane and none of this strangeness around her was really happening . |
| 15 | ‘ We are , ’ he insisted , his grip on her wrist tightening , ‘ and I wish that it were n't happening — ’ |
| 16 | I repeat , I wish it were n't happening . |
| 17 | We can also expect de-recognition by employers who are frightened to death by the T & G. It it 's already happening . |
| 18 | It 's already happening . |
| 19 | Their view of the world is contained in the belief ‘ if it 's not happening in the domestic market , it 's not happening at all ’ . |
| 20 | Their view of the world is contained in the belief ‘ if it 's not happening in the domestic market , it 's not happening at all ’ . |
| 21 | At times it 's a joy when it 's not happening ! |
| 22 | I see now we 've got lots to do this morning , you 're going to need to ignore what 's going on behind me , ah , it 's not happening , right , as I said to you at the very beginning of September I 'm the star , so you pay attention to me . |
| 23 | Well we I would be more surprised that er er in fact I do n't think I 'm sure that it 's not happening on a on a on a er wide basis . |
| 24 | Well I know , I know you sometimes feel you do n't have clout , if it 's not happening you got ta come |
| 25 | I mean would , would , would n't you think it is a , a directive that if it 's not happening in your area you make it happen ? |
| 26 | asked about tea it 's not happening . |
| 27 | By avoiding this situation and pretending it 's not happening means that we can actually be risking the lives of one our friends , one of our family . |
| 28 | And now it 's finally happening . |
| 29 | It 's also happening in places like Coventry in England where rappers of the calibre of MC Evaready are pumping out tracks like ‘ To The Point ’ ( Reachin ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I still ca n't believe it 's really happening , ’ Alice said . |