Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | You worry in the here and now about things in the future which may never happen . |
| 2 | But , as that is an event which may never happen , the distinction is merely between the contingency of the tenant breaking the conditions and the contingency of the company wanting the premises in order to pull them down . |
| 3 | ( FAO 1960 : 1 ) , leading to such a condition which should not happen if all people who use and work the land could have the advantage of scientific knowledge relating to soil and water conservation . |
| 4 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 5 | Mr Brown said it was ‘ included only under the broadest heading — Treasury running costs — was never drawn to the attention of the Audit Office as a special feature and has never been investigated by the Audit Office , something which should now happen ’ . |
| 6 | This continues until the list consists entirely of tableaux which have been processed , which must eventually happen since there are only finitely many possible tableaux . |
| 7 | The Meteorological Office said calculations from local records put such rain in the ‘ very rare event ’ category , something which might only happen there once in 500 years . |
| 8 | Which could well happen , ’ said the Prince — was it possible that he was capable of a strain of malicious humour ? — ‘ whenever parliament meets . |
| 9 | And he says that is why he finds it so galling that one episode in the new series has trees growing right up to the line , which would never happen and describes how one of the engines used to stop to enjoy the view . |
| 10 | Pregnancy often seems unreal , and something which will not happen to them . |
| 11 | The name change , which will officially happen in January 1992 , had been expected since the association took delivery of a weighty industry assessment from Saatchi & Saatchi last summer . |
| 12 | That 's something which will never happen . |
| 13 | The revolution must give women their place but it is a long process which wo n't happen immediately . |
| 14 | This can happen if the toe bail is n't located properly in the groove at the welt — something which can easily happen when there is snow blowing about and the boot itself is covered in snow . |
| 15 | Er i it is something which can always happen . |
| 16 | It protects the defendant in that it prevents the jury from speculating on the possible effect of adult literature on a young person who may just happen to see it , although it does not put the prosecution to proof that a majority , or even a substantial number , of readers would be adversely affected . |
| 17 | ‘ You would n't happen to know where this here Central Station is , would you buddy ? ‘ |
| 18 | ‘ You would n't happen to have a light , would you ? ’ |
| 19 | Um — you would n't happen to know anyone with such a craft ? ’ |
| 20 | First , however , she decided to edge her way tactfully around the issue , and so began , ‘ You would n't happen to know if Miss Milada Pankracova has returned fr — ’ |
| 21 | Well , we might just happen to bump into each other , might n't we ? |
| 22 | Of course , between now and Thursday something could actually happen . |
| 23 | In the first example of his tenacity , he pointed out that there could be no guarantee that the government 's privatization plans would go ahead in their then current form and they might not happen at all . |
| 24 | A fighter has to have power behind him or nothing will ever happen and that has been my trouble , ’ admits Boucher . |
| 25 | Erm , it 's quite clear from the district auditor 's letter that he thinks that we 're not being systematic enough , about what we do about environmental improvements , and it seems fairly clear to me to , that if we just push the to the service committees , erm , nothing will ever happen , except possibly on planning , and that erm , it will just sort of quietly disappear because it 's not the top priority of any of the other service committees . |
| 26 | It may even happen that you arc able to choose where your kitchen will be , in which case bear in mind the following criteria . |
| 27 | It may also happen towards the edge of the continental shelves , but this is less certain . |
| 28 | It may well happen , however , that the users of a hierarchy ( in the case of a lexical hierarchy the speakers of the language ) have positive intuitions concerning which items belong together at a given level ; and these intuitions may conflict with the level assignations according to technical criteria . |
| 29 | It may well happen that the student in considering this comes to the conclusion that there is no contract between Pickwick and Podder . |
| 30 | Once the agent has received a number of offers , it may well happen that each party is advised of the offers on the table and asked if they are willing to increase their offer . |