Sentence examples for which actually happened from inspiring English sources

Paradiso (1972), a novel set in Bermuda, postulated the murder of the island's governor, which actually happened not long afterwards.

The petition reminded me of my most terrifying encounter with dangerous overtaking, which actually happened to someone else.

And then when Gravel told an auditorium full of students that they should try to avoid alcohol and stick to marijuana (which actually happened) the remaining alternatives would be Jerry Springer and Anthony Weiner.

"There were lunch hours where I wouldn't eat at school because we had to rush home to have lunch with the queen, for example, which actually happened," Mr. Trudeau said, speaking with a deliberate cadence that echoes his father's.

"This may be the moment where many Europeans for the first time really look at what the European Union means and the transfer of sovereignty, which actually happened years ago.

But some of his rhetorical assertions were immediately challenged by fact checkers, including erroneous claims on healthcare reform and the closure of a GM factory in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, which actually happened before Obama came to power.

Which actually happens a lot - you know, people dropping into the studio.

The so-called "tide of the century", which actually happens every 18 years, raises sea levels along the northern French coast, but is especially dramatic at the Unesco world heritage site that is normally linked to the mainland by a narrow causeway at high tide.

That big peak you see on the left side is "Press Day", which actually happens a day before the convention itself starts.

When people tell me they have a book inside of them — which actually happens quite a lot, probably because I've been fortunate enough to have had a clutch of novels (traditionally) published — I always want to ask: "Have you considered surgery?" As George Orwell famously said: "Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness.

Sometimes I also feel lazy and end up canceling our lesson, which actually happens about once a week.