Example sentences of "happened to [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 Make a list of the main things that happened to her in the story . |
| 2 | ‘ We are at the bedside of the girl and are now starting to piece together what happened to her in the six hours she was in the hands of this maniac . |
| 3 | No one mentioned it was essential training as a motoring correspondent to have a car crash , but it happened to me in the same gruesome circumstances that confront hundreds of motorists every week . |
| 4 | ‘ Only one thing of importance happened to me in the Argentine . |
| 5 | I have no memory of anything that happened to me in the last ten years . ’ |
| 6 | If randomized control and experimental groups end up substantially different , something that happened to them in the experiment almost certainly caused this . |
| 7 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 8 | ‘ Not the usual kind of student 's flat , ’ muttered the Marshal , surprised to find his feet walking on fitted carpet , a thing that only happened to him in the lobbies of hotels he was checking on . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you ever think about that thing that happened to us in the park ? |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe that 's what happened to you in the engine room . |
| 11 | ‘ He told me a little about what happened to you in the States , ’ I encouraged . |
| 12 | ‘ I think , ’ she said , deliberately lowering the tone of her voice , which was bordering on the hysterical , ‘ that something happened to you in the past , you loved someone else , and it 's turned you into a bitter man . |