Example sentences of "what [vb past] happened [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realized what had happened a moment too late : she clutched at the broken chain , missed , and saw her keepsake , the silver Madonna , fall with a plop into the Atlantic . |
| 2 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 3 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 4 | After what had happened the previous evening exquisite delicacy had seemed uncalled for . |
| 5 | I asked him how the scene from the mystery had fared that morning , as Nell had described what had happened the day before . |
| 6 | Everybody else would realise what had happened the next day , or the day after that . |
| 7 | He was depressed by what had happened the previous night . |
| 8 | Both newspapers gave fairly accurate accounts of what had happened the night before last . |
| 9 | Above all , how could he have the nerve to come here after what had happened the other night ? |
| 10 | What had happened the first time ? |
| 11 | She might close her eyes but she could n't blot out what had happened the night before . |
| 12 | They all knew what had happened the previous night and , from Wallas Ward 's announcement before the curtain rose , they knew that Charles had stepped in at very short notice . |
| 13 | She awoke with her body lazily relaxed , only slight soreness to remind her of what had happened the previous night . |
| 14 | Robyn forced herself to think through the fog , to recall what had happened the night before . |
| 15 | Rachel thought how lovely she looked , then found herself wondering just what had happened the previous night between her sister and David — a couple who had once meant the world to each other . |