Happens
[hæpənz]
Examples
- It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most important business. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This happens whenever information about the world is made an end in itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He makes it too secure, as it happens. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This happens to be a thoroughly Greek attitude. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That is exactly what happens. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We have all heard of certain animals sleeping through the long winter months and most of us have probably wondered what happens to them when they do this. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If nothing happens he will get there. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It always happens so in this vale of tears, there is an inevitability about such things which we can only wonder at, deplore, and bear as we best can. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It very seldom happens that anybody--of any pretensions--any pretensions--comes here without being presented to me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Maybe nothing ever happens really. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What happens in the course of action neither confirms, refutes, nor alters it. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Has EVERYTHING that happens a universal significance? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nothing ever happens to the brave. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Well, well, it just happens that I have already read all the available evidence, including the report of the inquest, with some care. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What happens? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- That is what happens when you telephone, but when you realize it the mystery gains rather than decreases. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Unless some accident happens again, as it did the first time. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Don't blame me for what happens afterwards. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But the taxation of unimproved property happens at the same time to be a splendid weapon against the slum. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But I wonder what happens in the other towns. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- How 't happens? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It happens pretty often: but I always know it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But it so happens, that many of the principal proprietors of the sugar plantations reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If no misfortune happens, she repeated slowly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- At that point, however, as it happens, there is a broadish ditch, moist at the bottom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But if anything happens---- What can happen? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That is as it happens. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And the other women--my best friends--well, they use me or abuse me; but they don't care a straw what happens to me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It happens, unfortunately, that that single blemish is a want of taste. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checked by Hugo