Example sentences of "it happened [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When it happened for a third time , it became remarkable enough to distract him from a rapt analysis of Heather 's reasoning .
2 It happened on a contra-flow system where there are roadworks .
3 It happened in a rural Branch not a million miles from the Western seaboard of Ireland .
4 Secondly , there 's no reason to suppose it happened in a small population .
5 It happened in a remote region of California , between Sacremento and Yosemite National Park .
6 It does n't only happen with women : it happened in a different way with Tom Keating and Chris Frayling ( who is Professor of Cultural History at the Royal College of Art ) .
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