Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb -s] [adv] happen " in BNC.

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1 But it does n't happen like that .
2 ‘ You can even feel it inside the club , but it does n't happen in places like Italy where there is a much better system .
3 But it does n't happen all of a sudden ; you have to think about it . ’
4 They ought to be curled under my feet by now , but it does n't happen .
5 But we as crime prevention officers regularly meet with erm the newspaper people to say can you make sure your staff push them through the letter boxes and they assure us that the er , the next thing on their list to prioritize but it does n't happen .
6 But it has n't happened .
7 He says there 've been stories about a buyer but it has n't happened yet .
8 He said , we 'll just have to leave it and , if it happens again we 'll have to go into it further , but it has n't happened again , so now it 's okay .
9 But it has not happened this way .
10 They are negotiating with Canada to allow them to do it there , but it has not happened yet and the weapons are due here in six months time .
11 But it has also happened for formal reasons which are not good ones at all .
12 In a move which has upset Leeds ' manager Howard Wilkinson , Batty said : ‘ I had heard that Blackburn were interested but it has all happened so quickly .
13 But it 's only happened in the last five years .
14 I wish I could suggest a meeting before I go , but it 's all happened so suddenly I just ca n't see how I could fit it in .
15 In fact , the work we have done together has always been very harmonious — although I imagine if we were in a sit-com at the same time we could get a bit waspish — ‘ She 's got more lines than me … but it 's never happened so far .
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