Example sentences of "thing happened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FUNNY thing happened to an Airbus wing on its way to the European consortium 's assembly line in southern France . |
| 2 | Rumours of the dispersal of families and the deportation of good working stock to forced-labour camps abounded ; but this sort of thing happened to other , less educated people . … |
| 3 | I am sure lots of people who were approached by pollsters had similarly sincere intentions : but a funny thing happened to them , too , on the way to the polls . |
| 4 | ‘ Same thing happened to me in Arequipa . |
| 5 | The same thing happened to my father . |
| 6 | Between 1980 and 1985 a remarkable thing happened to the Baptist denomination . |
| 7 | ‘ The same thing happened to Arsenal last season after Benfica knocked them out , of the European Cup , but they came with a late run and it 's up to us to do the same . |
| 8 | Perhaps the same thing happened to him on Weathertop , where he put the Ring on as the Ringwraiths closed in , but the words used there are ‘ temptation ’ and ‘ desire ’ — ‘ his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring . |
| 9 | Well , is n't that funny , the same thing happened to me . |
| 10 | ‘ Same thing happened to me . ’ |
| 11 | Oddly enough , a similar thing happened to my mother . |
| 12 | A strange thing happened to me this morning . |
| 13 | Just the same thing happened to me on one of my first jobs . |
| 14 | Exactly the same thing happened to me at the same stage when I was pregnant . ’ |
| 15 | Had n't much the same thing happened to her father , hints and innuendoes that had ruined his life ? |
| 16 | That strange thing happened to his face again , the look she was beginning to recognise and dread . |
| 17 | ‘ A thing happened to myself Stevie , last autumn , coming on winter and I never told it to a living soul . |