Example sentences of "that [vb past] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | That did not happen to the drill in question , used for bringing up deep water , because the workers were foreigners , excluded from the provisions of the law . |
| 2 | ‘ If someone comes out with a car that looks like ours , that has the same windscreen , a roll bar in the same position and so on , that did not happen by accident . |
| 3 | That did not happen . |
| 4 | ‘ We thought the worse and that VAT would be imposed on things like newspapers and reading material , along with children 's clothing , but that did not happen . |
| 5 | But that did not happen . |
| 6 | That did not happen . |
| 7 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford said , there were systems which ensured that that did not happen . |
| 8 | I was assured by the SIB that there would be a court martial and XYZ would be charged with rape but that did not happen , he was charged only with being in the married quarter area , fined 14 days wages and demoted in rank to Trooper . |
| 9 | That did not happen in the better days that have gone . |
| 10 | If something like that did not happen soon , Robert thought , she might well not have long to live . |
| 11 | That did not happen , of course , and Kelly was their man in Belfast during the formative years , reporting , for example , on the unemployment riots in the city in 1932 — the October Revolution , as it was called — when the common denominator of hunger united the Falls and the Shankill . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | Unfortunately that did n't happen . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Joe 's contract had been renewed during each year of his captivity but that did n't happen this year . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And I 'd much prefer it if that did n't happen . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Well it would be I suppose it would be possible that that they could start their time together and work right through for years together , but invariably er that did n't happen because people were picked up and laid off as the boat progressed , er and if er Y you may get a a run for the one yard would need , say , six squads of of riveters , in a hurry . |
| 21 | She , Thérèse , would storm heaven to make sure that did n't happen . |
| 22 | ‘ That did n't happen here . ’ |
| 23 | It was impossible — things like that did n't happen in England . |
| 24 | That did n't happen very often , maybe three times a year , maybe a week at a time . |
| 25 | That did n't happen in Africa . |
| 26 | The second time because — well , because they had been smart enough to smuggle the guns away right under the noses of the men he had posted to make sure that did n't happen . |
| 27 | but that did n't happen very often to us because it was just being introduced |
| 28 | But that did n't happen |