Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] happen to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have , therefore , travelled together through so many pages , let us behave to one another like fellow-travellers in a stage coach , who have passed several days in the company of each other : and who , notwithstanding any bickerings or little animosities which may have occurred on the road , generally make up at last , and mount for the last time into their vehicle with cheerfulness and good humour ; since after this one stage , it may possibly happen to us , as it commonly happens to them , never to meet more . |
| 2 | I never expected them to , I 'll tell you the truth , but then again at that age you do n't think they ever will or it 'll ever happen to you do you ? |
| 3 | They both probably thought it could never happen to them . |
| 4 | Do you think it could never happen to you ? |
| 5 | Do n't think it could never happen to your child — every year 300 children in the UK die as a result of accidents at home and a staggering 870,000 are treated in hospital accident and emergency departments . |
| 6 | And even if you think you are in a rock-solid job , it could still happen to you . |
| 7 | And that that made a big influence on me and I swore it 'd never happen to my kids . |
| 8 | I thought it would never happen to me . |
| 9 | Because farmers , like people in other industries , thought it would never happen to them , the safety angle probably did not assume the importance it deserved . |
| 10 | And he said he would n't be able to cope , but it was in the pretext that it would never happen to us . |
| 11 | I never ever thought , my darling , that it would ever happen to me , that a man , a real man , a man with … . ’ she gave a little , happy gurgle , ‘ shoulders , and legs and eyes and things to say … would look at me … . ’ |
| 12 | Also into this category comes fear of death which , although based on genuine reason because obviously it will eventually happen to us all , is quite abstract in healthy people . |
| 13 | But unfortunately companies seem to prefer to believe that ‘ it will never happen to them ’ ; until it does . |
| 14 | It 's amazing how much we all trust to luck and hope that it will never happen to us . |