Example sentences of "happened the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a hush of expectancy as he walked to the wicket … but this is what happened the first ball he faced … |
| 2 | She says : ‘ It happened the first evening I arrived there . |
| 3 | I did n't enjoy it when it happened the first time . |
| 4 | If you put the two together erm you i it becomes understandable why they , they adopted these policies to the south , even though sort of from what happened the first time particularly in a retrospective way , the expectation would be you would , this would be the are where you would go for land reform straight away . |
| 5 | As it happened the new ramp section was only just rescued from a bulldozer in the nick of time as the skate scene said a final goodbye to Andover skatepark . |
| 6 | She did n't even know at what point friendship had turned into love , and if she had realised it when it happened the new bud of feeling might have blossomed crazily into hopeless longing and tongue-tied need … or perhaps it would have frosted away and died . |
| 7 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , my son , who was only a very small boy when you last saw him , happened the other day . |
| 8 | What happened the other day was wrong . |
| 9 | And a perfect example happened the other day — Kidlington School was burnt down . |
| 10 | When the moment came , it happened the other way round . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope you do n't think I would use what happened the other night in any way to try and influence you . |
| 12 | I emphasize this to make clear that what happened the following weekend was as unforeseeable as a plane falling on your house . |
| 13 | Also recommended were : the establishment of the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) to grant degrees to students in non-university establishments [ this happened the following year ] ; the raising of the status of teacher training colleges to colleges of education offering BEd degrees , and their integration into universities [ the former has happened , but not the latter ] ; the granting of university status to the ten colleges of advanced technology [ this was accepted ] , and in due course to other colleges [ this did not happen ; instead , from 1966 many of these became the new polytechnics ] ; and the establishment of special institutions for scientific and technological education and research ( SISTERS ) [ this has not been implemented ] . |
| 14 | The same thing happened the following day . |
| 15 | His earliest rape , of a 19year-old girl , happened the previous year after they met via a mutual friend . |
| 16 | This happened the next day , and the next until , fed up at seeing my lettuces out again , I decided to investigate . |
| 17 | Two things happened the next day . |
| 18 | However , it is believed that due to remarks made about ‘ A ’ Flight 's flying capabilities in the Officers ' Mess on the night before the Air Officer Commanding 's ( AOC 'd ) Annual Inspection , this happened the next day . |
| 19 | But something happened the next day which led me to think rather more seriously about what she 'd said . |
| 20 | Only nothing happened the next day and Chesarynth knew she was right not to trust herself because she could n't tell waking from dreams of an endless corridor with people whispering about her behind locked doors . |
| 21 | Look what happened the last time Europe armed , millions dead on both sides . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's what happened the last time , I seem to remember . |
| 23 | Let's remind him what happened the last time the UK stood alone , in 1940 . |