Example sentences of "have happened [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the case of the ‘ ordinary ’ person it may just be pleasant to record what has happened each day so that one can at some time in the future spend a nostalgic hour looking back on times past .
2 But nothing much has happened this year that suggests he is about to start firing .
3 But nothing much has happened this year to suggest he is about to start firing .
4 ‘ I used to be nervous before big games , but what has happened this year has given me increasing confidence , ’ said Beal .
5 ‘ It must have happened that way , I suppose .
6 On balance , she had to admit that it could have happened that way .
7 Well , it could have happened that way .
8 So , being a nosey bugger , which I am , I went into David 's room and looked around for some evidence of what actually might have happened that weekend because I was completely stunned .
9 It could have happened this morning when all of you were in there . ’
10 Must have happened some time after Buchanan and his sidekick came here .
11 ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player .
12 ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player .
13 In Witham the break-ins are thought to have happened some time early on Saturday .
14 They did n't come haring towards them as if the mere sight of them was the best thing that had happened all day .
15 The police traced Humphrey 's moves back to the Hippodrome and interviewed both Mclean and Lopez about what had happened that night .
16 About what had happened that night .
17 A lot had happened that night , more than she cared to dwell on now , but one thing she had to remember was her vulnerability to him .
18 He went out into the darkness to think over what had happened that afternoon .
19 It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon .
20 Dancing with Tom , Alice nearly told him what had happened that day .
21 He was thinking — and something had happened that day to make him do so — about the first time he had seen the female golden eagle in the Zoo .
22 Rory giggled weakly , then lay back against the pillows , suddenly overwhelmed by everything that had happened that day , not least by the totally uncharacteristic tenderness in his voice .
23 He wished it had happened that way .
24 Sam Somerville and Duncan McCrea explained at length what had happened that morning , how it had happened and why they had not foreseen it .
25 But when he heard what had happened that morning his face darkened and he turned angrily on Sam .
26 What had happened that morning to make you think , Farag , that you were rich enough to afford a wife ? ’
27 She suspected that something had happened many years ago between her parents , something strange and secretive that had left its mark on them both .
28 During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone .
29 It had happened several times in the weeks since the funeral , and it scared him .
30 It had happened several times .
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