Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun] happened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The press had been given nothing but ‘ blurry , distorted photographs culled from television shots of occasions in the past at which North happened to be present ’ ; at best , ABC News had shown ‘ pictures of the back of a man 's head that may or may not have been North 's as the man got into an Embassy car in Cyprus on the occasion of the homeward flight of one of the hostages ’ . |
| 2 | On his deathbed at Pentecost 337 he was baptized by a bishop whose sympathies happened to be Arian ; much later legend made Pope Silvester bestow the lifegiving baptismal water . |
| 3 | A Fishguard smuggler whose ship happened to be at anchor there opened fire with his single cannon , and another gun was dragged to the edge of the cliff and joined in . |
| 4 | But back to Bodytalk , whose convention happened to be at the Metropole , next to Labour 's conference hotel . |
| 5 | Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you . |
| 6 | And then they 'd throw you to whatever man happened to be passing for the money you 'd earn for them . ’ |
| 7 | Sending up eternal thanks to whatever deity happened to be in residence , she turned into the lane , which probably in sunlight , or at least daylight , was pretty , but which in the car 's headlights looked waterlogged , thankfully parked , stretched her cramped muscles , dragged on her hat , and got out . |