Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb mod] happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he wins , it 's possible that something may happen to me . |
| 2 | If something should happen to him , there might be no institution prepared to take over . |
| 3 | the thing is that something must happen to them by the time they reach the age of twenty three that makes us want to marry them . |
| 4 | I mean , if he did go off into the wilds of Anatolia , or somewhere remote like that — something might happen to him in some village , where he is n't known . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Frightened something might happen to me ? ’ he sneered . |
| 6 | He held the sleeping baby and was alternately happy and tortured with fear that something might happen to her . |
| 7 | Det Insp Eddie Muddle , who is leading the hunt for the kidnapper , said : ‘ It was a very traumatic experience but she acted very sensibly by co-operating with her abductor for fear that something would happen to her child . |
| 8 | She just knew , she knew with absolute certainty , that in this vast , noisy , busy city , something would happen to her , and it was bound to be something good . |
| 9 | Something would happen to the L |
| 10 | I think he was frightened something would happen to us . |
| 11 | He would n't give me his name because he was concerned that something would happen to him if he gave me his details . |
| 12 | ‘ Patsy was told by both fortune tellers that something would happen to her before the New Year — that an attempt would be made on her life , ’ he said . |
| 13 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |
| 14 | The Emperor spoke to him and said that as long as he did not speak to anyone in that underground place , nothing would happen to him . |
| 15 | There have been several kidnappings for ransom recently and I 'm just taking precautions to ensure that nothing will happen to you . |
| 16 | Your wife will be frightened , but nothing will happen to her , of course . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing can happen to a new ship like this . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I have a bit of trouble at the moment , and if … well , if anything should happen to me , I think Cabochon should know . ’ |
| 19 | If anything should happen to a diver 's umbilical , mask or helmet , this air supply can be used , either through a demand valve , a hose connected by a quick connect , or a hose end fed up through the neck dam of the helmet . |
| 20 | Maisie sat in the corner of the kitchen with one chocolate bar in her mouth , another in her right hand , another in her lap and a fourth beside her on the draining board , in case anything should happen to the other three . |
| 21 | If anything should happen to you … ’ |
| 22 | She explained that she wanted someone outside her family to know about them in case anything should happen to her before she would be able to raise the issue with someone with influence in Northern Ireland . |
| 23 | If anything should happen to us personally , and I do n't see what can happen , you are , in your spare time , so to speak , accustomed to commanding a battle fleet . |
| 24 | God forbid anything should happen to their children , never mind their house , or their car . |
| 25 | If anything should happen to him , there could well be a collapse in Indo-China and it was for this reason that Collins recommended that the US should continue to extend military and economic aid ‘ in order to check the spread of communism in South-East Asia ’ — but only as long as de Lattre was in Indo-China . |
| 26 | ‘ Roger , ’ he urged , ‘ if anything should happen to me , swear you will protect Johanna ! ’ |
| 27 | If anything should happen to you , Alain would be furious with me . |
| 28 | She had hoped that Rosie Lane at least , who was usually willing to try anything once , would have accepted the challenge , but she demurred , pleading a headache , and Janice told her , in mysterious tones , as though provided with obscene , private information , that she would be mad to go to such a place , that it was rough there , and wicked beyond all Clara 's pitiful conceptions of wickedness , and that if she went there anything might happen to her . |
| 29 | She will cry and say that she can not leave the house with Angharad out on the hills alone , for anything might happen to her , anything . |
| 30 | ‘ Anything could happen to her out on those hills alone , anything … ’ |