Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] have [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the authorities at New College say it 's never happened there before . |
| 2 | Did the C E C know it had not happened ? |
| 3 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
| 4 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 5 | I wanted to forget all about him — pretend it had n't happened . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't just let this thing pass — sit back and pretend it has n't happened . |
| 7 | Pretend it has n't happened , maybe it 'll go away . |
| 8 | All the same , ’ she sighed , ‘ I wish it had n't happened just now . ’ |
| 9 | If , for instance , it was a one-night stand while he was working away , then of course it 's upsetting and you wish it had n't happened but you can , perhaps , make sense of it . |