Example Sentences

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The detective asked him: "Would that ever have happened?"

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"This is while my mum's in the same room, so I'm glad I didn't go on my own because God knows what would have happened if I had," said Anna.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Our intention in making this show was, again, what we know about their lived reality, but what can we infer might have happened behind those closed doors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

What might have happened had the visitors not had Locadio sent-off?

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The Haitian American engineering feat at Cange was not a case of simple technology; the pipe bringing up the clean, sparkling water from the underground river could not have happened without sophisticated engineering.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French