Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We knew that something was about to happen . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ We are , ’ he insisted , his grip on her wrist tightening , ‘ and I wish that it were n't happening — ’ |
| 7 | I repeat , I wish it were n't happening . |
| 8 | It was finally happening . |
| 9 | But then , Bella 's home-help came out of the bungalow and it was no use any more trying to pretend that it was n't happening … . |
| 10 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 11 | ‘ She had convinced herself it was n't happening , ’ headmistress Mrs Jill Lambert said . |
| 12 | Maggie , 37 , said : ‘ We feel very sad about this and wish it was n't happening but we are friends and always will be . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd pretend it was n't happening and it would still be a shock to him . ’ |
| 14 | My father just pretended it was n't happening . |
| 15 | It was n't happening . |
| 16 | And it was n't happening the way she 'd imagined … abruptly , she realised that being kissed by Guy Sterne was nothing remotely like being kissed by any other man she 'd ever known in her life . |
| 17 | It did not appear to be caused by needle or pusher , because it was not happening in a regular line — just spasmodically . |
| 18 | It was just happened to be spotted by Richard , fortunately , whilst he was erm , between jobs and actually being up a steps , walked in a saw the smoke coming out of one of the er , main switch areas . |
| 19 | It really did n't feel like it was such big stuff , it was just happening to me and I believed I was going to be all right . |
| 20 | She did n't mean to , but she finally came to terms with the lateness of the hour with a yawn ; it was already happening before she could stop it . |
| 21 | Like many other such dreams , this one did not work out and the reason would seem to be that same old American resistance to working seriously in FI — it happened with Roger Penske , it happened with Parnelli as it was later to happen with Karl Haas . |
| 22 | It was always happening , he said . |
| 23 | Tony could not believe it was really happening . |
| 24 | It was all happening to him , right there in a see-through plastic telephone nodule in the airport concourse with the crowds jostling and plaintive announcements coming over the Tannoy system , and the orange-juice machines gurgling and travellers humping suitcases about with those peculiarly tense expressions people always adopt prior to a long-haul flight . |
| 25 | It was all happening comfortably just as she wished . |
| 26 | Part of her mind , the cool , rational fragment , was insisting that it was all happening too fast and too soon . |
| 27 | It was all happening rather quickly and by now I 'm getting a little unsure myself . ’ |
| 28 | It was all happening too fast . |
| 29 | The following two pieces illustrate the way in which European involvement in the Stop The Clause campaign was necessitated both by horror of what appeared to be happening in Britain , and by a concern about what was also happening in Europe . |
| 30 | What was physically happening you could relate to that and you got that sorted out . |