Example sentences of "[noun sg] happen [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A simple fade-to-black ( a common technique used in the Sixties ) gives the artists a few vital seconds to reposition themselves before the fade-up suggests action happening the following morning .
2 The process happens a precise number of days after flowering , and , if this has not occurred or been finished when the fruit is harvested , it will not ripen a jot more , whatever a street vendor swears .
3 She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago .
4 But then , all this business happened a long time ago .
5 And a perfect example happened the other day — Kidlington School was burnt down .
6 So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas .
7 The same thing happened the following day .
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