Example sentences of "[vb mod] happen [conj] the [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might happen because the writer is tired , because he or she wants to get the writing over and done with ; but the fundamental reason seems to be that the writer has broken contact with the feeling that originally made him or her want to write the story or poem . |
| 2 | This position helps prevent the excessive trunk activity which might happen when the patient is standing erect , and it helps the patient to work from the very lowest part of the back , at the pelvis . |
| 3 | It may happen that the child is so naughty that it ends up never being rewarded for the desirable behaviour . |
| 4 | While Guest was there he measured the flow rate and thickness of the lava outpouring — the kind of data which , he says , is essential for understanding what will happen when the flow is diverted into a side channel . |
| 5 | It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed . |
| 6 | It can happen that the aggression is directed outwards . |
| 7 | ‘ The doctor did warn me certain things can happen when the machine is switched off , but he was a good lad . |