Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [adv] happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , when she 'd grown stronger , she could slip away into the night and keep on 166 walking … after all , what was the worst that could possibly happen to her ? |
| 2 | Would not the worst thing that could possibly happen for any of our constituents or patients be for the Labour party to come to power and abolish competitive tendering ? |
| 3 | ‘ It is the most awful thing that could ever happen to me . |
| 4 | It can bring together polar opposites in a way that would never happen in London or LA , where musicians hang out with their own kind . |
| 5 | THE determined but unpopular Jeremy Isaacs , yet to achieve a gong , has been upsetting the Establishment with his high-handed behaviour at the Royal Opera House to such an extent that there is now a new saying doing the rounds , namely : ‘ This is one knight that wo n't happen at the Opera ! ’ |
| 6 | Because , by obvious reasons that can only happen to one person . |
| 7 | It is bad actuarial practice to insure against something that can only happen with the consent of the insured person — you can not , for example , ‘ insure ’ yourself against committing suicide . |