Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] n't happen " in BNC.
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1 | This did n't happen during a single eruption , of course ; the individual flows average only ten metres thick , so many hundreds of individual flows are piled up one on top of the other , covering an area of about 130,000 square kilometres . |
2 | This did n't happen in the ‘ good old days ’ . |
3 | But this did n't happen because I was brilliant . |
4 | This did n't happen last year and I was cross it did n't but I 've organized it so that it will this year . |
5 | But she was told this did n't happen because that office had shut and no one could get into it . |
6 | But sometimes it can sound too I know this did n't happen |
7 | Are you sure this did n't happen in your study ? |
8 | Are you sure this did n't happen in your study ? |
9 | This does n't happen to mineral waters . |
10 | Has anyone found a safe , practical way of raising the pH level so this does n't happen ? |
11 | But this does n't happen too often , so it is usually up to you to create your own image . |
12 | How can the retailer make sure this does n't happen again ? |
13 | This does n't happen , but no one says it ca n't . |
14 | I encourage cyclists to respect the fact that on all legal access routes there 's a need to give way to walkers — but I 'll be the first to admit that this does n't happen all the time . |
15 | It is really quite extraordinary that this does n't happen . |
16 | If this does n't happen it 's almost like it 's never happened any other way |
17 | This does n't happen in women 's sport . |
18 | Bones should constantly renew and rebuild themselves … in osteporosis this does n't happen and the bone structure breaks down . |
19 | ’ We accept entirely the findings and recommendations of the report and have already implemented whatever changes are necessary to make sure this does n't happen again . ’ |
20 | When this does n't happen , the whole tone of the book is changed , and you see the adventures more as pranks , + take them less seriously , in a way . |
21 | So many children can be put off mathematics at the primary level , and it 's important this does n't happen . |
22 | A positive attitude towards ageing does n't happen overnight , it comes with age . |
23 | That did n't happen on 30 June 1989 and it wo n't happen at any time in the future if the Army Catering Corps has anything to do with it ! |
24 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
25 | Unfortunately that did n't happen . |
26 | Formal electronics schooling teaches you about resistors , capacitors and transistors , obviously ; I did hear about one school in Michigan that specialised in tubes , but that did n't happen for me . |
27 | Joe 's contract had been renewed during each year of his captivity but that did n't happen this year . |
28 | That did n't happen , but Hirst did set up one of the great matches of the season — and he would have won it but for a superb Peter Schmeichel save at 3-2 . |
29 | And I 'd much prefer it if that did n't happen . |
30 | And even if that did n't happen , even if he listened and said he 'd do something , it would n't be any good because Hepzibah would n't have any part in it . |