Example sentences of "but [pron] happened to " in BNC.

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1 But nothing happened to the man ; disappointingly , when his lorry was full he simply climbed into the cab and drove away .
2 Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper .
3 But one happened to be free for a couple of hours along with the picture editor who cut Nicola 's last report .
4 Ian was not over-bright , but he happened to be popular with the other boys as he was a good footballer and did quite well at sports generally .
5 It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots .
6 But it happened to be true . ’
7 No one mentioned it was essential training as a motoring correspondent to have a car crash , but it happened to me in the same gruesome circumstances that confront hundreds of motorists every week .
8 I could tell you my story up until then , but it happened to someone else , an imaginary character . ’
9 erm I ca n't roll them off and I do n't know if it applies in all of them , but it happened to me in Italy that erm I was fined on the spot .
10 For them , energy comes in joules , and force in newtons , but whatever happened to ergs and dynes ?
11 Admittedly it makes a change from Stratocasters , but whatever happened to originality ?
12 But what happened to you ? ’
13 But what happened to Contracan ?
14 But what happened to the others , I have no idea . ’
15 I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community .
16 But what happened to Brixton and it still , to some extent , exists there is a feeling that there are gay people in all these houses and you 're probably going to meet them when you go into Woolworths .
17 Interior shots of rare types are scarce , this Heinkel was apparently captured intact by the RAF but what happened to it is not recorded .
18 But what happened to the crushed tomatoes which had been such a success , Were they abandoned in favour of whole canned tomatoes ?
19 But what happened to the humans inside the Star Zoo ? ’
20 But what happened to Fiona ? ’
21 " But what happened to all that famous French liberte , egalite and fraternite that you fought your revolution for ? " asked Joseph in astonishment .
22 But what happened to her body no longer interested her after he had rejected it .
23 But what happened to me was that my head was bitten off almost literally .
24 But what happened to it when Serafin finished it ?
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