Example sentences of "[verb] it happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times has it happened ? |
| 2 | How has it happened , this overthrow of the apparent will of the electorate to evict the Tories , exhibited by month after month of opinion polls ? |
| 3 | ‘ And has it happened ? ’ |
| 4 | How has it happened ? |
| 5 | What do you think has provoked women musicians to start singing rude and violent rock songs and why has it happened now ? |
| 6 | It is in the area of food , its fashions , and the politics of the industry , that the question of the democratization of fashion — has it happened , yes or no ? — can be most sharply seen and answered . |
| 7 | If it is how has it happened and who erm er who 's to blame ? |
| 8 | Has it has it happened other times as well or |
| 9 | He accepts it happened and he is appalled by it , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Penalty shootouts were required in each instance but only the most optimistic fan — or a representative from the Guinness Book of Records — would have forecast it happening again . |
| 11 | I 've forgotten it happened , ’ she lied , ‘ so you can forget about it also . ’ |
| 12 | And it helps to know it happens to beautiful women , too . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , there are plans for a musical , it is true we are talking about doing one with Kylie and we all very much want it to happen , ’ admitted Pete Waterman . |
| 14 | People keep saying it 's going to take time before I get back to where I was , but I want it to happen sooner . |
| 15 | ‘ I want it to happen . |
| 16 | Do you think we 'd have let it happen if we 'd known ? |
| 17 | ‘ You know I 'd never have let it happen like that , ’ Aunt Sarah said presently . |
| 18 | I would n't have let it happen . ’ |
| 19 | ABBERLEY : You 've let it happen . |
| 20 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 21 | But , he added , he does n't expect it to happen overnight . |
| 22 | But , he added , he does n't expect it to happen overnight . |
| 23 | ‘ You did n't expect it to happen , ’ he said under his breath . |
| 24 | Experts say it 's vital they prevent it happening in the future . |
| 25 | ‘ If it happens it happens . ’ |
| 26 | He said hundreds of thousands of jobs and lives had been destroyed while the Premier had done nothing but watch it happen . |
| 27 | The lightheartedness with which one might watch it happen . |
| 28 | He could feel it happening , the lift of the sail , loose-set , acting as a vast kite . |
| 29 | It flooded his head , charged it with recklessness and brought — he could feel it happening — a warm flush to his face . |
| 30 | how can I prevent it happening again ? |