Example sentences of "happen for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they have apparently been happening for much longer , abductions first started coming to light in the late Sixties , but they 've really taken over UFO culture since the publication of Communion in 1987 . |
| 2 | When I read a novel the emotions aroused in me bring the experience of the events of the narrative into the present , but I am not likely to be misled into thinking it is actually happening for there are enough indicators in the environment to assure me that it is not . |
| 3 | It is all happening for my growth . |
| 4 | The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years . |
| 5 | But that has been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 6 | But that has been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 7 | ANY OF THESE MIGHT BE HAPPENING FOR OTHER REASONS . |
| 8 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 9 | It 's been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 10 | Anne was sad at the death of the Misses Dolan but too much was happening for her to dwell on it . |
| 11 | Not a single good thing was happening for me . |
| 12 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 13 | This is happening for totally different reasons . |
| 14 | That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that . |
| 15 | ’ Kiefer has that three-degrees off morphine thing happening for him … a bizarre energy ’ or Promised Land director Michael Hoffman , who said : ’ Kiefer would n't want to be normal . |
| 16 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |
| 17 | I had rather hoped that the legendary West Highland dilatoriness would have prevented anything much happening for years , but instead the scheme is going ahead fast . |
| 18 | What 's happening for James ' birthday ? |
| 19 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 20 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
| 21 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 22 | Nothing happens for quite a while , then the rod-tip trembles , so I hold the rod in one hand and the line in the other . |
| 23 | In fact , it is simply realistic , since this happens for so many people . |
| 24 | This has raised the question about what happens for competitors for whom none of these approved helmets fit , as some paddlers have found . |
| 25 | Life goes on tediously , nothing happens for months , and then one day everything , and I mean everything , goes fucking wild and berserk . |
| 26 | It follows that the way in which the upper years of junior schools are organised should be seen — just as already happens for pupils of the same age in middle schools — as part of the process of securing good continuity between the primary and secondary phases . |
| 27 | Sharing a home with relatives ( other than parents ) before marriage is another phenomenon which was more common in the past than in the present ( Anderson , 1971 ; 1980 ) Very little is known about circumstances under which young people now may go to live with a non-parental relative , although Gill Jones ( 1987 ) has shown that it still happens for a substantial number , especially those designated as working class on occupational criteria . |
| 28 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sure this is the way it happens for everyone and we definitely do n't let it get to our heads . |
| 30 | At that time the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain will advocate that all dispensed liquid medicines should be supplied in a child resistant container , as now happens for solid dose preparations . |