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happen - use in sentences
Object
- tomorrow: This information should really come from News ' content production software, but that's not going to happen tomorrow.
- yesterday: Add an -s to the noun to make it plural, says grammar; you want to say it happened yesterday... ?
- today: Bit of preamble first to give you the story so far, major problem happened today.
Preposition: on
- occasion: Despite our extensive testing, this may still happen on rare occasions.
- pitch: Whatever happens on the pitch next Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be plenty of entertainment off it.
Preposition: at
- moment: Sleep is just not happening at the moment and I don't know why.
Adjective complement
- next: I won't spoil the story of what happened next!
- overnight: This change isn't expected to happen overnight, but it is expected to happen and sooner rather than later.
Used with why or when
- when: And what happens when Mighty Flash's mortal enemy, Dark Smoke appears... ?
- that: He suddenly said: ' Doesn't it make you think how events can happen that can change your life in an instant?
- where: Should this happen where a purchaser makes over the price before his title is registered he can lose both the money and the property.
Infinitive complement
- coincide: We did spend our one and only night in our tiny tent which just happened to coincide with a magnificent thunderstorm.
- stumble: I happen to stumble upon your site quite by accident.
- know: The train service is confoundedly bad, as I happen to know.
Present participle complement
- depend: It seems likely that both styles can happen depending on which parts of the Moine Thrust Belt one considers.
Preposition: in
- past: History simply was an account of what happened in the past.
- future: And how are they going to ensure that this doesn't happen in the future?
- world: Things happen in the Internet world in one seventh the time they used to take.
Preposition: with
- regularity: Nonetheless, family contact has been extremely important to Ashley although this hasn't happened with the regularity he hoped for.
Preposition: by
- accident: Not the kind of thing that happens by accident, tho.
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