Example sentences of "thing that happened [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the best thing that happened to her . |
| 2 | The worst thing that happened to diesel recently is the allegation of carcinogenic properties.It is argued that diesel fumes contain microscopic particles of sticky carbon , on to which are attracted carcinogens that can enter the lungs . |
| 3 | That was the puzzling thing that happened to Peggy Pringle , who was nearly nine years old and just longed to join the Pack to which her friends belonged . |
| 4 | ‘ Same thing that happened to Daniel , I expect . ’ |
| 5 | The worst thing that happened to me was that I was moved to another hut on the Waaf site and found myself amongst a very superior set of girls who worked in Radar . |
| 6 | This college seemed as if it was going to be the best thing that happened to me . |
| 7 | Which was probably the best thing that happened to him . |
| 8 | Ask them : What was the most surprising thing that happened to you when you started working on the buses/in the shop/in the hospital/in the school ? |
| 9 | I meant what 's worrying you as well as the awful thing that happened to your father … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do you ever think about that thing that happened to us in the park ? |
| 11 | About the most exciting thing that happened to me was knocking some ink over . |
| 12 | I can remember that the most memorable thing that happened to me was when it was Sports day . |
| 13 | The best thing that happened to him was when he married in Australia at the age of 21 . |
| 14 | It will always be a mystery , a thing that happened to me like the seasons , like floods and lightnings , without question or escape . |
| 15 | And some people say that 's the best thing that happened to it being voted that cos it meant people had done things about it and sorted it out but you think it 's still dull as |
| 16 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 17 | But it 's a strange kind of thing that happened in this part of the country , the kind of story you get in Suffolk and Norfolk . |
| 18 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 19 | Well undoubtedly the first thing that happened in St Aldate 's , the most important thing , was after the battle of Edgefield , when the King rode in in state erm in victory he said , though the fact that the battle was indecisive , and it was described by a very royalist writer Anthony Wood , you may have heard of , is a university antiquarian erm very much on the university and royalist side . |