Example sentences of "[verb] happen [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hurt itself may have happened a long time ago , and may even be something that you have forgotten all about . |
| 2 | ‘ And all we shall have to do is to stick together and confess that this dreadful accident did happen a little bit earlier and we all felt devastated but there was a full house and we all felt we owed it to the public that the show should go on . |
| 3 | It seems to have happened a little bit quicker than planned , ’ he joked . |
| 4 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 5 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
| 6 | ‘ The theme of the story was that something very sinister had happened a long time ago which had left the planet looking entirely different from anywhere you could see on Earth . |
| 7 | They reminded Lucien of something that had happened a long time ago , but he could n't remember what . |
| 8 | Above all , how could he have the nerve to come here after what had happened the other night ? |
| 9 | After what had happened the previous evening exquisite delicacy had seemed uncalled for . |
| 10 | She had , but it had happened the previous afternoon , and Jack had gone with her to Rotherhithe Infirmary where she had been admitted with a broken hip . |
| 11 | He was depressed by what had happened the previous night . |
| 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 | 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 . |