Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was suffering from diphtheria , most of the adult staff were women , and nobody was explaining what was happening to me . |
| 2 | It must have been hard for her — uprooted and transported to a strange country — not to know what was happening to her and her mother , apart from the fact that somehow or other they 'd been able to join up again with the father . |
| 3 | Before long , through unobtrusive questioning , he had discovered the root of the boy 's fear — simply that he did not know what was going to be done to him . |
| 4 | Jane , the supreme example of self-control , did not know what was happening to her ! |
| 5 | Betsy Wilson asked if a breakdown of the figures could be given in community magazine so that people would know what was happening to their money . |
| 6 | I did n't know what was happening to me ! |
| 7 | He leaned on her , not wholly unconscious , but she could tell he did n't know what was happening to him . |
| 8 | Devils could get into children because children were weak and did n't know what was happening to them . |
| 9 | So you and your family hatched a plot whereby you flirted with her and turned her stupid , innocent head ; where you pawed her and manoeuvred her into private corners until she did n't know what was happening to her ! |
| 10 | Due to the anti-Japanese war of nineteen thirty seven to forty five , the United Front was formed which was committed to the maintenance of a broad alliance of classes . |
| 11 | This case dealt with a life interest in possession overseas trust which was presumed to be governed by a trust law similar to that in the United Kingdom ( otherwise the decision would have been different ( see Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1931 ) 15 TC 693 ) ) . |
| 12 | Although social , political and economic factors were obviously important , the administrative machinery of government was geared ultimately towards creating a culture which earned God 's endorsement and fulfilled what was deemed to be His will . |
| 13 | This time — at last — someone must have noticed what was happening to me . |
| 14 | ‘ I blame myself — I should have noticed what was happening to her . ’ |
| 15 | She 'd decided at first that her brother deserved what was coming to him , but on reflection no one deserved to be thrown at Guido 's mercy . |
| 16 | ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them . |
| 17 | The State Committee for Statistics issued figures , quoted on Russian Television on March 18 , showing that only 7 per cent of the population received what was considered to be the minimum sufficient income . |
| 18 | Though a little patchy , there is more than enough to keep fans happy and several killer cuts that show Nirvana already distilling the heady brew of metal , punk and pop which was to lead to Smells Like Teen Spirit — the track critics have called the best rock song ever . |
| 19 | Back with Miss Maine I was shown what was thought to be the trickiest of all the work I must do . |
| 20 | We do not like what was done to us and we shall keep coming to conference until we win . |
| 21 | The few states which actually measured what was happening to landfill capacity reported that it was increasing , in some cases because more waste was being diverted to recycling or waste-to-energy plants . |
| 22 | She says it 's turning what was presented to us as a local bypass into a major through-way — motorway style — six lanes , elevated to 35 feet in places , lit all night slap through Oxford 's green belt . |
| 23 | It was attached to the monitor so the nurses could see what was happening to the baby and every time I had a contraction my stomach went rock hard so the belt dug into me . |
| 24 | She stood very still , her eyes closed , afraid he might see what was happening to her . |
| 25 | The Government had two objectives : first to improve the country 's relations with the Community , damaged by years of squabbling over the Community 's demonstrably unfair agricultural and budgetary mechanisms , which had severely disadvantaged Britain , and , second , to fulfil what was understood to be the explicit goal of the Treaty of Rome , the establishment of a free trade zone based upon economic co-operation between member states . |
| 26 | He could not believe what was happening to him . |
| 27 | She could not believe what was happening to her . |
| 28 | ‘ I was sitting there staring at four white walls wondering what was happening to me . |
| 29 | There I was , back on a drip , and wondering what was happening to me . |
| 30 | She stood still for several minutes , wondering what was happening to her . |