Example sentences of "[conj] something had [verb] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her immediate reaction was to fear that something had happened to one of their parents . |
| 2 | He knew then that something had happened to Rosie . |
| 3 | Going by past experience , there was a high probability that something had happened to the others , and her first instinct was to go and search for them . |
| 4 | Melissa was not given to premonition but the fear that something had happened to Sybil had taken hold and would not be shaken off . |
| 5 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 6 | ‘ But something had returned to the earth , and it took me with it . |