Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the expected tourist bonanza did not happen and now the finance company wants its money and the family have until Thursday to find backers . |
| 2 | Miracle cures for alcoholism did n't happen . |
| 3 | As to suggestions that if the deal did not happen , it could throw doubts on the future of the bank , he said : ‘ I think that is not an unfair conclusion . ’ |
| 4 | Of course , what became this major achievement did not happen overnight . |
| 5 | So the only surprise is that the explosion did n't happen before . |
| 6 | ‘ When the duet did n't happen , I was n't disappointed , ’ she says . |
| 7 | The Goering flight did not happen , but even as an agent , Edward Carrington was never able to find out why . |
| 8 | Mr Reed maintains that , even if such a late take-up did not happen often , ‘ it was common currency among merchant bankers as something that could happen ’ . |
| 9 | The hungry sheep seem to look up in vain to their religious leaders and , if this was the whole reality , it is surprising that the Reformation did not happen a good deal earlier . |
| 10 | It can not be proved that the virgin birth did not happen . |
| 11 | The operation did not happen until the end of June that year . |
| 12 | The Kerry babies story did n't happen in the 19th century . |
| 13 | March 10 1990 OK , so the Australian Midnight Oil photo sesh did n't happen — but was there really any need to put Jack Barron 's noggin on the cover ? |
| 14 | As Augustine pointed out , creation did not happen literally ‘ in the beginning ’ for it did not happen ‘ in ’ time : rather , time was itself a part of creation . |