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to happen in English:

1. come about come about


This problem may come about anytime.
He said he had no idea how all these things may have come about in his company.
How did it come about that you were free at that time anyway?
How did this damage come about? This came about due to the windstorm.
How had this situation come about?/ He will need to figure out how they came about in the first place.
So how did the accident come about exactly?
How did the problem come about in the first place?

English word "to happen"(come about) occurs in sets:

Basic phrasal verbs with "to come"
Appendixes (consolidation 1-5)
phrasal Verb

2. go on go on


Sorry for interrupting Please go on
If you go on eating like that, you're going to get fat within a year.
The show must go on
You can go on studying, I won't bother you anymore.
go on holiday
I can't go on with this report. I need more information.
[She can't go on pretending that everything is fine when it clearly isn't.]
This situation will go on indefinitley if we don't do something
Please, go on
continue/Please, go on. Don't let me interrupt you
The film seemed to go on forever.
I heard the TV go on in the next room.
The lights go on automatically when it gets dark, and go off when it gets light.
We can't go on living like this. She didn't even look up. She just went on reading.
Please go on with what you're doing and don't ​let us ​interrupt you. [+ -ing verb] We really can't go on living like this - we'll have to ​find a ​bigger ​house.

English word "to happen"(go on) occurs in sets:

Challenges 4 Phrasal Verbs b-k
Top 100 phrasal verbs 26 - 50
Pharasal verbs
Phrasal Verbs

3. take place take place


The concert will take place in the main square of the city.
sth take place in...
Where does the competition take place?
Tennis volleyball and basketball take place on the court
The next meeting will take place on Thursday.
When will the concert take place?
Australia Day Ferry Boat Race take place in Sydney Harbour.
The lecture will take place on Monday.
Which sports take place on an ice rink?
Football games take place at B.C. Place stadium.
I think the question we need to ask is where the robbery will take place.
The party will take place in the city centre.

English word "to happen"(take place) occurs in sets:

Challenges 4 Phrasal Verbs L-Z

4. come to pass



English word "to happen"(come to pass) occurs in sets:

PNJ - Test 2

5. occur


Overlap can occur.
A budget deficit will occur because of a revenue shortfall.
These structures would rarely, if ever, occur in spoken English.
The important point concerning the complementary distribution is to specify the environment where the individual sounds occur.
Precognition is the act of using spiritual-power to know things that will occur in the future.
Some English speakers think that omission of the subject does not occur in their language, however, the subject of phrases like "thank you" or "bless you" is omitted.
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way.
Pet loss refers to the reactions of shock and anger that occur in owners who have been bereaved of their pets.
It's the prevention of migraines during daily life that's important, not dealing with migraines when they occur.
The World Meteorological Organisation reported that 2000–2009 was the hottest decade on record, with eight of the hottest 10 years having occurred since 2000.
The first reference occurs in the English poet William Langland's book Piers Plowman written between 1370 and 1390.
Anup Kaphle recently pointed out that violent protests have occurred in countries such as Bosnia, Thailand and Guinea, among others
Many instances of hypothermia occur inside when there is cold weather and a lack of heating.
There is a downside to this: painful and unpleasant memories are as vivid as if they had just occurred.
Every airplane has an angle of attack where maximum lift occurs.

English word "to happen"(occur) occurs in sets:

world english 3, unit 1