Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurt it might , but nothing else happened . |
| 2 | He watched the door for a bit , but nothing more happened . |
| 3 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 4 | Robin and Jenny were the ones who had adventures , fell walking or sailing on the lake , always coming home with hair-raising stories ; but nothing ever happened to Ruth . |
| 5 | ‘ But nothing ever happened , ’ said Stevie . |
| 6 | But nothing really happened . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , I 'm really saving it up for when the hotpot comes out of the oven , but I just happened to cast my eye and yes , look … . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There must have been about 30 pairs in the drawer but I just happened to pick the one with the money . |
| 9 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 10 | ‘ They told me that this year they have employed a private contractor who is supposed to cut grass at least twice a month and weed once a month but its not happening , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Crofting made its impact when we moved house from one of the quiet streets , in the middle of the town , to the road which was planned by a wealthy proprietor as an elegant tree-lined approach to Lews Castle , but which also happened to be the shortest route between a dozen crofting villages , lying to the east of the town , and their 19,000 acres of general common pasture which lay to the west . |
| 12 | ‘ But you just happen to know I 'm very partial to bacon and eggs . ’ |
| 13 | But we just happen to live in a history in which the Allies won the war and Madonna was on the cover of Cosmopolitan . |
| 14 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 15 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 16 | We , one does n't try to lose things , but they just happen do n't they really I think I appreciate more now , you know when I was , when I was teaching I used to think oh stupid woman she 's not , to bring this book in and you know , and now I think oh dear , huh , yeah and you also appreciate the people , I would appreciate now those who managed to do it every day without fail , manage to sort of let , because they must of put themselves out no end to have |
| 17 | But it rarely happens that way . |
| 18 | It is big — but it also happens to be Japanese , and so presents a juicy target . |
| 19 | But it also happens that in the organization of recorded knowledge for retrieval the profession of librarianship finds itself at an interesting point of crisis . |
| 20 | But it also happens to be true . |
| 21 | But it also happens to be true . |
| 22 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 23 | But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’ |
| 24 | So I set out to have a go at the Station side , but it just happened that there was also a scratch side called the C.N. Lowe 15 . |
| 25 | That was by that was by normal recruits but it still happens it , actually the the bullying goes down the line . |
| 26 | Architecture is less obvious , but it still happens . |
| 27 | I do n't know when this story started but it certainly happened a long time ago . |
| 28 | The king supplemented these sources of patronage with papal provisions on behalf of his candidates , but it sometimes happened that the royal clerk , with or without a provision , found himself forestalled in a benefice by another providee . |
| 29 | I mean , you know , whenever have you ever known someone to get constipated from Chinese , you know , but it always happens at the Indian , always , always ! |
| 30 | But it so happens that we can compare the situation during the years 1070 to 1123 with a similar train of events at Canterbury just a hundred years later . |