Example sentences of "[noun sg] [indef pn] happened " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course nothing happened . |
| 2 | People could hardly carry sombre clothes with them , just in case someone happened to die … |
| 3 | For nearly half-an-hour nothing happened , no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel . |
| 4 | And I said to myself : ‘ Of course something happened , they introduced a new style of architecture . |
| 5 | He still has a 30-years-old Courtelle suit which he kept as a standby for the MBE investiture just in case something happened to his morning dress . |
| 6 | For a long minute nothing happened . |
| 7 | For a minute nothing happened . |
| 8 | For example , that is a determiner ( specifically , a demonstrative determiner ) in " That day nothing happened " , a pronoun in " I know that " , and a conjunction in " I know that he 's wrong " . |
| 9 | One day something happened which might seem unimportant , but which had a great effect on Oliver 's future . |
| 10 | Bridget was out all evening , and next morning something happened which drove thoughts of her out of Loretta 's head . |
| 11 | He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction . |
| 12 | Then one year something happened which I can never forget . |
| 13 | Only two weeks before , she told her mum she wanted a donor card in case anything happened to her . |
| 14 | Just in case anything happened ? |
| 15 | In fact nothing happened during those five months in 1940 except for the odd German plane flying over . |
| 16 | Only this time nothing happened ; the reverser stayed deployed , continuing to drag the aircraft to the right . |
| 17 | For a long time nothing happened . |
| 18 | Oliver touched the toad again , but this time nothing happened . |