Example sentences of "good thing that [vb mod] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 3 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 4 | ‘ If Barry was reinstated , it would be the best thing that could happen to us . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This is the best thing that could happen here , ’ says Alex Lowes , organiser of the Southampton weekenders and a regular at Flying 's latest Saturday night . |
| 6 | Best thing that could happen , the way I see it . |
| 7 | ‘ Keep the old place in the family , I thought — best thing that could happen if I could n't stay there myself . |
| 8 | She saw that to stay here under his wing would be the best thing that could happen to her . |
| 9 | The best thing that could happen for Mr. Lennon and his friends would be if the military wing of Sinn Fein stopped trying to blow up Belfast . |
| 10 | Best thing that could happen would be that Wilko signs the lon term contract and then 4–6 months into it decides that he wants out say to go and play with Terry Vegatables at England . |