Example sentences of "be [pron] [conj] happened " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept thinking to myself , Typical Jamila , that 's exactly what she would do , as if this were something that happened every day . |
| 2 | But er unfortunately , this is something that happened in the past and the government have been prosecuted for it , they 've been found guilty , but Blackpool 's name has been dragged way down with them . |
| 3 | and everyone 's saying to me , no you know , she 's kissing Pat Swayze it 's something that happened . |
| 4 | The only other significant event of the evening was something that happened between Eva and Shadwell at the far end of the restaurant , beside the toilet . |
| 5 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 6 | And perhaps ( I 'm being vain ) it was something that happened when Caroline was going on in her silly woman-of-advanced-ideas way — just a look between us . |
| 7 | For her , war was something that happened in other people 's lives , and even the most recent conflicts had failed to win her to the view that war could be , upon occasions , both right and just . |
| 8 | Our mothers are cousins , and there was something that happened way back when they were children — my mother saved David 's mother 's life , or something . |