Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [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 | The sowing of the seed of the gospel does not happen just with a look , any more than the sowing of barley occurs by the farmer going out and smiling at his field . |
| 5 | If they 're not there with my quick changes in the wings the next scene does n't happen . |
| 6 | ‘ If that breaks down , exploitation does n't happen properly . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed , since the claim is that punishment does not happen , questions of ‘ proportionality ’ simply do not arise . |
| 8 | The home has since taken action to ensure that such an accident does n't happen again . |
| 9 | The lesson from Chernobyl is not only that the public requires governments to react more effectively next time , but also that there is a need to ensure that a Chernobyl-type accident does not happen again . |
| 10 | The Big Bang does n't happen in space at all . |
| 11 | Of course , what became this major achievement did not happen overnight . |
| 12 | So the only surprise is that the explosion did n't happen before . |
| 13 | In London it 's only Annabel 's or Tramp — the rest do n't happen for the certain crowd , the newspaper-worthy crowd I 'm looking for . ’ |
| 14 | Now the Government is promising to take steps to ensure this scale of invasion does n't happen again . |
| 15 | Derek Bevan , whilst pointing out that the quick throw-in does not happen very often in a game situation , is convinced that , overall , it would encourage a more open style of play . |
| 16 | If one or the other does not happen , bankruptcy stares every team in the face . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ When the duet did n't happen , I was n't disappointed , ’ she says . |
| 18 | The Goering flight did not happen , but even as an agent , Edward Carrington was never able to find out why . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | Moreover if a topic does not happen to have the ontological status ascribed to it , it is still possible to refer to it identifyingly qua topic with the phrase " the same A " . |
| 21 | But becoming a woman does n't happen in a vacuum ; girls are surrounded by a mass of images and ideas about the female body and female sexuality , about periods and breasts , and about what exactly ‘ a woman ’ means , in our society . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It can not be proved that the virgin birth did not happen . |
| 24 | ‘ There are so many loopholes , it 's a wonder things like the Farrah Quli incident do n't happen more often . ’ |
| 25 | The operation did not happen until the end of June that year . |
| 26 | ‘ In the light of his report I will decide what further action needs to be taken to ensure that such an incident does not happen again . |
| 27 | Richard Simmonds of laser says that success does n't happen overnight … they 've been in Banbury since the early seventies and have built 150,000 boats … he says it 's about time that people in banbury had the chance to sail on their doorstep and there are lots of local clubs that offer people the chance |
| 28 | The Kerry babies story did n't happen in the 19th century . |
| 29 | Lord O'Hagan , the group 's social affairs spokesman , said : ‘ I object to being misrepresented and I want to make sure that this sort of thing does not happen again . ’ |
| 30 | That sort of thing does not happen too often . |