Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dotty protested it would never happen , never , and could n't help smiling . |
| 2 | And that that made a big influence on me and I swore it 'd never happen to my kids . |
| 3 | But when I left , I just felt it would n't happen , the politics were n't right . |
| 4 | But we were probably wrong to harbour such selfish thoughts , especially when we knew it would never happen . |
| 5 | Well that just er to be honest with you I mean after , after looking at it we , we could n't believe it really that , that amount of people could be affected by that , we obviously thought it would n't happen to us but after seeing that , at the age we are , I really think it 's a super plan and I 'm sure we 'll feel a lot better |
| 6 | Because farmers , like people in other industries , thought it would never happen to them , the safety angle probably did not assume the importance it deserved . |
| 7 | many times , at one time I thought it would never happen again , I thought this was it forever , but life is n't like that , things happen and it does change . |
| 8 | I thought it would never happen to me . |
| 9 | They both probably thought it could never happen to them . |
| 10 | Rain hoped it would not happen and they reached the coffee before it did . |
| 11 | They said it could never happen , but in an act many will regard as nothing short of vandalism , an outdoor centre has negotiated privately with the owners of Brock Holes quarry in the Peak to place up to 50 bolts to secure a rope handrail across the rock . |