Example sentences of "had [verb] it happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen it happen , like a click of the fingers , the start of life , when the foal opened its eyes and looked at him . |
| 2 | I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie . |
| 3 | Dexter had seen it happen many times before : the moment when a human being slips from conversation into confession , the moment when what seemed like a universal desire to atone for wickedness overwhelmed the conflicting wish for self-preservation . |
| 4 | " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once . |
| 5 | She had seen it happen to others many a time . |
| 6 | Perhaps she had seen it happen while in this automatic state . |
| 7 | She had made it happen . |
| 8 | She looked back at Vass , feeling faintly foolish , wondering what had caused it to happen now . |
| 9 | She could n't imagine how she had allowed it to happen when everything within her head warned against it . |
| 10 | You felt he had to make it happen or die . ’ |