Example sentences of "it happen a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is as it happens an Anglo-Saxon proverb analogous to Lord Acton 's , but still significantly different . |
| 2 | As it happened a political upheaval in Indonesia in 1965 – 66 ( in which American contacts with the military in Indonesia may have played a part ) brought an unexpectedly early end to the confrontation with Britain . |
| 3 | ‘ It happened a long time ago , my dear , when we were quite small , romping in the wood . |
| 4 | And it did not happen here , not at St-Jean , it happened a hundred miles away and more , across the border , at Alassio , in another country , in my country , one of my countries . |
| 5 | So after it happened a few times our teacher said ‘ We wo n't have cooking like this any more . ’ |
| 6 | It happened a few months later . |