Example sentences of "something would happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Something would happen to the L |
| 4 | I think he was frightened something would happen to us . |
| 5 | He would n't give me his name because he was concerned that something would happen to him if he gave me his details . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |