Example sentences of "[conj] it could happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Valenzuela 's experience suggest — disturbingly — that it could happen to anyone . |
| 2 | She had read of this sort of thing often enough ; she had heard of its happening to other people — even to people she knew — but she had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her . |
| 3 | All of them lived with a nervous expectation that it could happen to them . |
| 4 | All adults need to learn about solvent abuse and to be aware that it could happen to their children . |
| 5 | While there is no evidence of such practices being widespread in the country , the fact that it could happen in the main prison in the capital of India was a matter of scandal . |
| 6 | It happened to me , and it could happen to you . |
| 7 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 8 | The motor racing world was stunned because , in a sport that flirts with death , there were many drivers who thought that if it could happen to Clark , it could happen to any of them . |
| 9 | The immediate response from intellectuals and students was a euphoric sense that if it could happen in backward Russia then why not in Latin America ? |
| 10 | If it could happen like that with you , why should you think it could n't happen with someone else ? |
| 11 | " You said just now — if it could happen like that with us , why should I think it could n't happen between you and somebody else ? |
| 12 | But because you 're still at school they think you 're dirty and disgusting and they call you a slag , but it could happen to then any day . |
| 13 | But it could happen with a fair deal , and it is far far far more probable than the marble statue 's waving at us . |