Example sentences of "[Wh det] happened " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes you will be directly addressed by the characters — this is something which happened a great deal in Greek and Elizabethan theatre ( for example , look at the speech by Chorus in Act 4 , scene 1 of Henry V , which draws the audience into the atmosphere before a battle enormously effectively ) . |
| 2 | The vehicle was shunted more than 200 yards down the line in the accident , which happened on the Halifax to Leeds line at Ducketts Crossing , West Yorkshire , at 4.45pm . |
| 3 | As a result the peasant gathering ( skhod ) which happened to be scheduled then assembled an unusually high number of villagers . |
| 4 | This was the social service which happened by accident . |
| 5 | There was a strong and pure Greek revival which happened as a result of contemporary scholars studying Greek antiquities , and which produced severe and masculine architecture . |
| 6 | Under this Act a child born alive , but suffering from a physical or mental defect as a result of something which happened before its birth , has a right of action for damages if the defendant would also have been liable in tort for what occurred to the parent if sued in time . |
| 7 | In broad terms , the law constructs liability out of the lesser crime which D was committing , and which happened to cause death . |
| 8 | It was claimed that the police investigated the attack which happened as Kylie returned to Australia after another of her visits to Britain . |
| 9 | In this sense , peace-making was a classic segmentary affair which happened to make use of those modern aids which lay to hand — transcripts of court proceedings , telephones and planes , for example . |
| 10 | In its reply to the Commission on 11 December , the UK said it would now withdraw the derogations ( which happened on 10 April 1988 ) . |
| 11 | When in August 1988 the overstretched Health Authority belatedly sent out a questionnaire enquiring about symptoms that might have been suffered as a result of drinking the water , one went to 450 ‘ occupants ’ of a graveyard in St Tudy , which happened to have a tap in one corner . |
| 12 | The first volume of her poems was published by subscription ( the proposals for which were drawn up by Mr. Garrick ) under the patronage of several persons of rank and taste , in 1748 ; as was also the second volume , of which the late Mr. Hawkins Browne was the editor in 175 … , both of them after her death , which happened prematurely by the meazles , at the age of 24 . |
| 13 | Luckily they chose experimental animals which happened to include a species sensitive to one of the new agents under trial . |
| 14 | His fits , which happened mainly in the evening or at night , would leave him disorientated and make his balance poor again . |
| 15 | There was an especially rapid growth of the textile industry in these towns which happened to be on the coalfield where the cost of transporting fuel was small . |
| 16 | Because of the now universal use in England of the Historical year system , it is normal for reference books to mark events of all kinds which happened between 1 January and 24 March in any one year with a double indicator — thus King Henry V may be judged to have come to the throne on 21 March 1412/13 , that is 1412 by Annunciation reckoning , but 1413 by Historical ( now conventional ) reckoning . |
| 17 | One good thing which happened immediately was that Universities offered shortened degree courses to suitably qualified ex-service men . |
| 18 | In the school , I was told in the First Aid that you could always tell a fractured femur ( which happened with elderly women as a rule ) . |
| 19 | The one major event which happened to me at Binbrook , and which was going to change my life , was that I met the man I was eventually to marry , although a lot of water would flow under the bridge before the wedding took place . |
| 20 | The following interesting account of a waterspout which happened about the middle of the 18th century is copied from Mr. Hutchinson . |
| 21 | ‘ This remarkable fall of water , which happened at nine o'clock in the evening of the 22nd of August , 1749 , began with most terrible thunder , and incessant lightening , the preceding day having been extremely hot and sultry . |
| 22 | One of the exceptions was a book by Arthur Jensen , which happened also to be the only book by a trained psychometrician . |
| 23 | Once they even won by default the over 40s section of a marathon race which happened to take place as they were passing . |
| 24 | So we entered a genteel teashoppe/cafe which happened to be handy and ordered coffee , as so often before . |
| 25 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |
| 26 | He pleaded guilty to the drink-drive offence which happened on December 22nd . |
| 27 | They both pleaded guilty to using threatening words and behaviour in the incident which happened on March 2nd . |
| 28 | Detective Sergeant Brian Jackson was driving through the more prosperous part of Long Eaton , a village on the outskirts of Nottingham which happened to be just over the Derbyshire border . |
| 29 | The persuasiveness of Lugard 's arguments owed something to his extraordinary personal reputation , which happened to conform to that of the finest imperial type . |
| 30 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |