Example sentences of "was happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught an early edition , read about the ruckus , and thought I 'd better come home and see what was happening about the five grand . ’ |
| 2 | Something was happening between her and this man that she did n't understand . |
| 3 | But oh we were told about the war and what was happening between the Germans and whatnot . |
| 4 | But there were moments when he almost wished that what was happening between Maisie and Mr Malik did have a sexual connotation . |
| 5 | He did n't know what was happening between Gesner and Suzi any more , had n't seen either of them since the Season began , since that dreadful scene at Willi 's party , but he knew he had to submit himself to yet another bout of torture and watch them together on the stage . |
| 6 | To her it had felt as though something special was happening between them . |
| 7 | ‘ Will your family still be here ? ’ asked Nina , glancing from Rachel to David and back to Rachel again , a slightly bemused look on her face as if she did n't really understand what was happening between them but wished she did . |
| 8 | Sue sat quietly and smiled while this was happening as if she had nothing to do with the incident . |
| 9 | The Indians were supposed to look on at what was happening as if these two white men in skirts were barmy . |
| 10 | Before 5 October 1968 the handful of NICRA activists had a very simple and extremely limited impression of what was happening across the Atlantic . |
| 11 | With a fine disregard for what was happening across the Channel , the Attlee government convinced itself and others that the British welfare state was unique in the world — to be deeply startled in the 1950s by the news that many continental neighbours had a more generous provision of social welfare than the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | ‘ I was upset it was happening during working hours , ’ he told the court . |
| 13 | … and this was what was happening outside Liverpool |
| 14 | There was no point in worrying about what was happening aboard the Simonova . |
| 15 | In my experience , the only occasions when I have stalled unexpectedly and known what was happening at the time , have been in very fierce stubble fires and dust devils . |
| 16 | Edward Blishen , the presenter , has an enviable gift for sketching in background and perspective , drawing up different strands of what was happening at the same time to make his argument , all with ease . |
| 17 | You can not deduce from the fact that it was happening at the same time that it was a cause . |
| 18 | What if the outside world was unaware of what was happening at Heymouth ? |
| 19 | Glancing at the old man , Jack suddenly realized he was just trying to distract him , to prevent his mind leaping ahead to whatever was happening at the hospital . |
| 20 | Whatever was happening at this time , we were all isolated from each other . |
| 21 | We did n't know what was happening at the time , we thought he was choking . |
| 22 | But that 's exactly what was happening at the launch last month of Accountancy Television ( ATV ) , a new service that will provide accountants with news , views and training once a week over the next year . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , it is Adler rather than Freud who sums up for me what was happening at this stage of the disease . |
| 24 | In the centre of the island , at Knossos and phaistos , a Middle Minoan I — II temple also dominated a growing township : at the eastern end of Crete , the same thing was happening at Zakro . |
| 25 | Now what I want to do is look at what was happening at that time and then try and explain using the determinants of demand what the patterns actually were . |
| 26 | I still did n't know what was going on , and was still desperately worried about what was happening at home . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought it might be useful if we knew what was happening at court while we were in the south . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't know of any boxing match that 's ever captured the interest of people and it was that night , course we never heard the result , not until we got to Egypt , you there was no wireless you see , you did n't know what was happening at all . |
| 29 | And a settin' in was what was happening at the pub — the reason it got closed . |
| 30 | Something was happening at the windows . |