Example sentences of "something that [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people . |
| 32 | The following remark of Dennis Altman 's , even if not strictly correct historically , rightly implies how the negation of desire and the negation of difference are in practice often inseparable : ‘ the original purpose of the categorization of homosexuals as people apart was to project the homosexuality in everyone onto a defined minority as a way of externalizing forbidden desires and reassuring the majority that homosexuality is something that happens to other people ’ ( Homosexualization , 72 ) . |
| 33 | We can be in danger of saying or feeling that bereavement is something that happens to everyone else , and that ‘ those people ’ need support , but we are perfectly able to manage on our own . |
| 34 | And something that happens to us at least five days in every month — that affects , amongst other things , our sexual feelings , and our body size and shape — why should that be unimportant ? |
| 35 | However secure your income today , however comfortable your family life , this could all be placed in jeopardy by something that happens in just a few seconds … a serious accident . |
| 36 | Much useful research can originate from the idea that just turns up , the hunch or the observation of something that happens in the street which triggers off a line of thought . |
| 37 | Growing old is something that happens to all of us . |
| 38 | This is something that happens in both children and adults , and it may cause a continuation of the diarrhoea if milk is consumed after an infection . |
| 39 | It seems that young heterosexuals still think the disease is something that happens to others . |
| 40 | ‘ It 's just something that happens between two people . |
| 41 | The Ministry of Defence confirmed : ‘ It is something that happens . |
| 42 | This is something that happens naturally . |
| 43 | A positive symptom is something that happens in the brain-damaged animal that does n't happen in the normal . |
| 44 | It 's something that happens almost subconsciously . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ It 's a gift from out there , ’ he explained , ‘ something that happens when people need it . ’ |
| 46 | It 's just something that happens in my brain . ’ |
| 47 | Being in love I think erm its not something that you have to end it happens to you , its not because er a terribly admire the person I er , your only achievements , its just something that happens and common sense goes out the window . |
| 48 | And when he talks about a means of grace , he means something that happens to you that can bring you to faith . |
| 49 | But whereas say something that happens say Well say take for example where I live in . |
| 50 | It 's just something that happens to me , I do n't know why . |
| 51 | A miracle is something that happens , but which is exceedingly surprising . |
| 52 | It is something that happens . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ We are making progress but that is n't something that happens overnight , it happens very slowly and almost imperceptibly . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ There 's something that happens to me when I come back home , ’ he says . |
| 55 | " Development is not something that happens to the poor . |
| 56 | It is something that happens because of them , " the report says . |
| 57 | CRIME is no longer something that happens to other people . |
| 58 | But it 's erm , I mean , that is something that happens a lot , erm , it just does n't give you any motivation , it 's sort of , you put your pen down , you think well why the hell do I bother , and you go off home thinking , oh well , the end of the day . |
| 59 | It must be something that happens to men once they 've served on the Western Front . ’ |
| 60 | However , it is not something that happens overnight . |