Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't happen to want to get killed . ’ |
| 2 | I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . |
| 3 | I enjoy my privileges but that is one I do n't happen to want . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't happen to think bolting is in the least bit environmentally damaging ( at least not compared with other activities going on around it ) but mechanical drills are bound to give it a bad image — the message her is ‘ bolters , do your stuff in winter or at night . ’ |
| 5 | All of us as women have the right and and the ability to give birth , that is if we can , there 's nothing , er , medically wrong with us but then added to that there are those who have the ability to be good mothers , un unfortunately I do n't happen to fall into that category . |
| 6 | But I do n't happen anyway . |
| 7 | Well I do n't happen to believe in public authority sites . |
| 8 | It becomes open to rational criticism , and to historical and other empirical checks , in ways which do not happen within the closed system of a community of fellow-believers . |
| 9 | ‘ You see things here which do n't happen in London . |
| 10 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 11 | Mr Kinnock hoped a Labour government would be so successful ‘ as to diminish the support for several parties who do n't happen to be our political allies and are unlikely to become so . ’ |
| 12 | It is unnecessary as regards persons whom the husband has not by his previous conduct induced to look to him for payment ; it is ineffectual as regards those who do not happen to see the advertisement . |
| 13 | Thus we should guard against any immediate and unreasoned reaction to the idea that they might ultimately be widened to encompass individuals who do not happen to be human . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't happen to have a cigarette and some dry matches , Ann , do you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Rules are there to be obeyed , and it does not matter if you do n't happen to like them . |
| 16 | " I say , you do n't happen to know how this blessed thing works , do you ? " he asked the person who had just come into the music-room . |
| 17 | The only problem is if you do n't happen to live near a port which has one of these hyperbaric er diving chambers then you 've problems that erm just putting a mask over the person and giving them oxygen that way is normally is n't enough . |
| 18 | He was the first High Commission for England in England , said , You come from , she says , Yes , he says , You do n't happen to know Jack do you ? |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't happen to know a man called Firmead , do you ? ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ But you do n't happen to know the lady we are going to see ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't happen to realize how broke we are ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Even if you do n't happen to know who the father is ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't happen to know … ’ began Melissa but the door had already closed . |
| 24 | You do n't happen to have seen her , do you ? ’ |
| 25 | You do n't happen to know where it came from , do you ? ’ |
| 26 | You do n't happen to have a copy of ‘ Pewter Suitor ’ in your collection by any chance ? |
| 27 | You do n't happen to carry a spare , I suppose . ’ |
| 28 | You do n't happen to recall his name , by any chance ? ’ |
| 29 | Excitement making her voice hoarse , Luce asked , ‘ You do n't happen to know what the man 's name was , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | Just knock down any scheme you do n't happen to like and have it rebuilt at the expense of the public purse , ’ says independent property consultant Jonathan Landes . |