Example sentences of "[verb] of [pron] happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have certainly heard of it happening in the present day , but the old methods are dying out as people become alienated from the countryside they live in . |
| 2 | Kelman stands much closer to the new hero , and more is made of what happens in that hero 's head . |
| 3 | ‘ It is horrible to think of what happened to that poor , poor family . ’ |
| 4 | " I do n't want to think of anything happening to Great-Aunt Alicia to begin with — and I ca n't bear the thought of selling Moor-lake . " |
| 5 | She did n't ask the question idly , but with the authority of one who expected to be kept informed of everything happening on the island . |