Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] happen is " in BNC.
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| 1 | So perhaps the sort of thing that might happen is what we found wholly by chance , in the personal interviews which we conducted with people who had been the subject of judgement summonses ( Appendix II , section 5 ) . |
| 2 | I am short-sighted , and I 'm sure that when war breaks out , the first thing that 'll happen is that my glasses will break . |
| 3 | The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution . |
| 4 | So the first thing that happens is data gets er , imported into the spreadsheet here , and second thing that could happen is er , the unwanted records get deleted . |
| 5 | If you make an error in a project powered from a PP3 size 9 volt battery , about the worst that will happen is that one or two semiconductors will be destroyed . |
| 6 | Criminally negligent directors in the UK are not sent to prison as in other countries — the worst that can happen is a fine — and even that can be insured against and paid by the company . |
| 7 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 8 | That way the worst that can happen is you will miss a turn . |
| 9 | The worst that can happen is that its domain of applicability becomes circumscribed . |
| 10 | Very little mess occurs , about the worst that can happen is that the jet gets clogged causing the ink drops to get oversized or the reservoir is removed without being capped . |
| 11 | The worst thing that can happen is for the boat to become totally inverted and here you need to slide the daggerboard quickly out before it drops through the hull . |