Example sentences of "[pron] happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 2 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 3 | The sounds of what was going on in the box were being relayed out into the laboratory where Gedanken was , but nothing happening in the laboratory was getting through to the beetles in the box . |
| 4 | I happen for my sins to have been shadow Chancellor since the last election in 1987 , during which period there have been three Chancellors of the Exchequer . |
| 5 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do wish everyone would stop writing me off just because I happen to be fifty . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I happen to be the only person here who believes we have to make a response at the European level , ’ Mr Radice said . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a mug 's game and I happen to be very good at it . |
| 9 | People think if you 're small , you 're there to be downtrodden , and they have a stack of prejudices about all the other things that I happen to be . |
| 10 | This is despite the fact that there are such programmes as Mastermind , a sheepdog series ( with which I happen to be involved — I declare my interest ) and superb epics by the Natural History Unit . |
| 11 | I happen to be embarking on a motoring trip during the course of which I hope to see many splendid views . |
| 12 | I happen to be the young man 's godfather . |
| 13 | All my pleasures will be solitary , even when I happen to be in company ; I shall not be exhilarated simply because the people around me are enjoying themselves , nor depressed because they are in low spirits . |
| 14 | If I happen to be pondering them when about to cross the street , and the green light has changed to yellow , ‘ Be aware ’ resumes all its authority ; never mind that at another level of discourse physics dismisses colour as subjective , unreal . |
| 15 | As my aunt would say , I happen to be a sensible lass . |
| 16 | ‘ I happen to be chairman of the medical panel . ’ |
| 17 | I happen to be married but things would be tough on a single income ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Just because I happen to be President of this company I do n't play the Great White Chief , ’ he was fond of saying . |
| 19 | Since I happen to be English , I have oriented the chart here for northern observers , but I hope that those in the south will forgive me . |
| 20 | Now I happen to be an extravert , so if I compensate by smoking this will keep me a perfectly balanced and healthy human being . |
| 21 | I think that until I drop I will clean wherever I happen to be on Saturday morning . |
| 22 | So , the idea was that Finniston bought out this report which would then form another strata over the institutions and form the Engineering Council , of which I happen to be a member . |
| 23 | President , I I happen to be going on Saturday to the National Final of the Rotary Young Inventor of the Years ' er convention this |
| 24 | Look , I happen to be calling at the office this afternoon . |
| 25 | I happen to be a fan if Mr Vonnegut , so here 's one of his little gems . |
| 26 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |
| 27 | However , if I am a regular customer and the stall owner gives me credit because I happen to be short of cash , I do have an obligation to come back . |
| 28 | But I happen to be living here . ’ |
| 29 | And , for your information , my life is n't chock-full of boys , as you seem to imply — ’ not at the moment , anyway , she thought ‘ — I happen to be engaged to just the one . ’ |
| 30 | I happen to be three doors away , and dropping it in my lap is a discreet step short of making an official report . |