Example sentences of "what [verb] [vb pp] to the " in BNC.

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1 They were things that you took to enhance your experience and to make it more intense — to make your personal development became part of your life , It was a very high-minded approach and when one looks at what has happened to the drug scene today and one looks back to the prevailing attitudes at the time , one can see the absolute , total abhorrence among drug takers that I knew in those days of amphetamines , heroin , barbiturates , mandrax — all those things that had an adverse physical effect which were considered to by highly dangerous to one 's personal development and to one 's daily living .
2 Perhaps Labour 's leadership could explain what has happened to the SDLP since 1981 to make it capable of bringing Catholic and Protestant workers together .
3 The daunting confines of the Crucible Theatre have been known to make strong men tremble over the simplest of pots , but after what has happened to the unassuming Thai in recent weeks , it will be a shock of seismic proportions if the occasion affects him — even on his debut .
4 For Caroline Spry , what has happened to the women 's film and video sector must be seen in the context of the dissipation of the broader women 's movement .
5 What has happened to the farm land ?
6 What has happened to the new painters in the meantime ?
7 What has happened to the stalwart Dutch realist ?
8 HE EXPLAINS WHY HE HOLDS THIS VIEW , AND WONDERS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE TRAINING COMMITTEE
9 ‘ They know that while he is abroad he can not answer the questions about what has happened to the promised recovery . ’
10 ‘ I 've no idea what has happened to the rest .
11 Rangers have been shot and no one has an accurate picture of what has happened to the wildlife there .
12 But what has happened to the lyrical central section ?
13 What has happened to the British press ?
14 You do not need a degree in statistics to see what has happened to the firm 's trading profit over this six year period .
15 And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years .
16 What has happened to the real Dorian Gray ?
17 But all the gains that we had made out of labour movement , improvements in working time , improvements in health and safety , equality issues , legal rights all went out of the window , and what has happened to the vast majority of those service jobs ?
18 I am glad to be able to enlighten the hon. Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) , especially when he talks in terms of what has happened to the numbers of unemployed during Labour Governments .
19 What has happened to the statements that we expected on revenue support grant ?
20 First , we aim to set out what has happened to the total level of spending in the last 12 years .
21 However , the return when measured in sterling depends on what has happened to the exchange rate during the course of the year .
22 Now an investigation is being called for to find out what has happened to the money .
23 He said : ‘ What has happened to the charity is terrible , volunteers were in late each night sorting goods .
24 Now the accountancy firm Coopers & Lybrand has started a full-scale inquiry to try to discover what has happened to the missing millions .
25 One Heiton parent said : ‘ What has happened to the consultation process ?
26 ‘ Since Rainhill was closed , what has happened to the money which was to be spent in communities such as Halewood ?
27 What had come to the poets in their most serene or passionate moments we glided into as easily as we gathered flowers for Maud or Blanche or Mabel , as we lay in the grass with our eyes divided between the books , the land and the clouds .
28 It openly evoked the example of the Soviet dissidents , and voiced the despair of liberals of varying shades at what had happened to the fabric of British society since 1979 .
29 As I was swept along by the noisy laughing crowd out into the tropical evening I persistently wanted to know what had happened to the dog .
30 Nobody seemed to know what had happened to the passengers .
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