Example sentences of "they happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we say them often enough we will actually believe them and make them happen . |
| 2 | You saw them happen , and in your wisdom you allowed them to take place , even though you have deep compassion for my suffering . |
| 3 | To revert to what is fundamental , the distinction made by the two conditionals gives some clear sense to our saying that causal circumstances explain effects , and make them happen , and not the other way on . |
| 4 | He does n't wait for things to happen , he actually makes them happen , initiating positive action , or stops them happening ( preventing negative problems ) . |
| 5 | The account produced after the events obscured the hard work , stress and frustration that made them happen . |
| 6 | Waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen . |
| 7 | Only by meaning them can you make them happen . |
| 8 | ‘ If you believe in miracles you can make them happen ! ’ |
| 9 | Surely England must outdo any other country in ugly place-names — Scunthorpe , Skegness , Biggleswade … how did they happen ? |
| 10 | Why did they happen ? |
| 11 | Why do they happen to me , these numb , flushed , unanswerable , these pornographic things ? |
| 12 | Do they happen only on routes which are well known to the driver ? |
| 13 | Suddenly I was very aware of the vulnerability of my nose and front teeth , should they happen to come into contact with the granite of Porteniel 's pavements at any velocity above quite a small fraction of a metre per second . |