Example sentences of "[pers pn] to happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You read in the papers all the time about girls being raped and murdered , and you do n't want it to happen to you , so you try to cut down the odds . |
| 2 | They achieved this splendidly in the Scottish Cup semi-final and since Hearts allowed it to happen to them we had a memorably ghastly match . |
| 3 | But she did n't want it to happen to him . |
| 4 | Some learning theories ( differential association was an example ) moved away from the idea of criminals being identifiably different kinds of people : their criminal behaviour was seen as being acquired in much the same way as any other behaviour was acquired ; it did not require any special , predisposing characteristics for it to happen to particular people . |
| 5 | I did n't want it to happen to me . |
| 6 | They do n't want it to happen to me . " |
| 7 | It was just that I never expected it to happen to me . ’ |
| 8 | Well , now you know her story , and you 'll understand why I did n't want it to happen to you . |
| 9 | We might have caused it to happen to them . |