Example sentences of "that [adv] happens [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEARDROP EXPLODES Vox Teardrop & Phantom XII Looking cool is something that rarely happens to me these days , but strapping on either of these reissued Vox guitars it 's hard to tell if it 's grey hairs or ice … |
| 2 | I mean reading as to be put in a context and a context that is , in fact , enjoyable to the child , not something that just happens at school that they have to do , hence one they go to school the value of parents hearing the children read , because then the parent is also involved and one does n't get this split between home and school . |
| 3 | I mean reading as to be put in a context and a context that is , in fact , enjoyable to the child , not something that just happens at school that they have to do , hence one they go to school the value of parents hearing the children read , because then the parent is also involved and one does n't get this split between home and school . |
| 4 | Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ? |
| 5 | I just had to keep telling myself it would all be worthwhile for both of us : one day she would be flying free , which is not something that always happens to birds of prey bred in captivity . |
| 6 | Carey may be contested , as the Times , the Institute of Directors , Nicholas Fairbairn MP et al have been quick to attempt , but there is surely nothing curious in the head of a Christian church saying there are matters of greater moral significance than making money — unless by curious is meant the fact that Carey is head of a Christian church that also happens to be the established church of the realm . |
| 7 | The effect of having a baby had also put some of them off sex altogether for a while , which is something that also happens to older mothers . |
| 8 | How can a child feel able to tell , and have confidence in those who say they have their ‘ best interests ’ in mind , when the person they have named as their abuser is to be involved in everything that then happens to them ? |