Example sentences of "[det] was happen to " in BNC.

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1 All this was happening to someone else , so it was no use getting upset over what did n't concern her .
2 ‘ I could n't believe this was happening to my family .
3 He could n't believe this was happening to him — that he was going out with Kate and that the whole world could see it .
4 This was happening to him , and it made him afraid .
5 Ace could n't believe this was happening to her .
6 He could not believe this was happening to him .
7 She could n't believe this was happening to her .
8 And suddenly so much was happening to you and , by extension , to me .
9 Of course , I 'd heard of AIDS and the destruction of that immunity , but somehow that was happening to homosexuals in LA or Brighton and not here with me , deep in the pastoral Hampshire countryside .
10 Fabia would very much have liked to know what indeed it was that was happening to him , but , her heart pounding , it was a question that she was afraid to ask in case the answer was another knock-down .
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