Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's perhaps being talked of rather jocularly that erm the supermarket will be able to present the latest price list on the screen , but that really is quite possible , it could almost happen almost happen overnight . |
| 2 | It did so happen . |
| 3 | They have been successful … the crime rate in the city is down by five hundred offences a month … there are only one or two displays now a week … but they do still happen . |
| 4 | I was later puzzled that it did indeed happen as we had prayed it would . |
| 5 | Between the double-six dice throw , and the perfect deal at bridge , is a range of more or less improbable events that do sometimes happen , including any one individual 's being struck by lightning , winning a big prize on the football pools , scoring a hole-in-one at golf , and so on . |
| 6 | Yes , this now celebrated affair , which I 've not spoken about before , did actually happen . |
| 7 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 8 | ‘ I can remember when that did n't seem so unlikely , and I thought , well , if anything like that does ever happen , and they 're right and the establishment is wrong , then it would n't do any harm for there to be people like me in the Army who were basically in sympathy with the … movement , whatever . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought , bloody hell , it does really happen . ’ |
| 10 | If for any reason no cells are formed containing pole plasm — and this does sometimes happen — the resulting flies are sterile for life . ’ |
| 11 | To expect a sudden conversion to spiritual belief is to expect too much ( although it does sometimes happen ) and fortunately it is completely unnecessary . |
| 12 | We plan your holiday arrangements many months in advance , and thought it is unlikely that we will have to make any changes to confirmed arrangements , it does occasionally happen . |
| 13 | It does , does occasionally happen . |
| 14 | The only problem will arise if somebody thinks you 've simply lost a will , which does occasionally happen , and then they turn to the copy to try and prove it . |
| 15 | now confirm that this amazing thing does actually happen , at least for cluster ions near . |
| 16 | Shh it does actually happen that 's a seven four seven er he 's a good guy , did you see my dad on T V ? |