That is exactly what would have happened in 99 cases out of 100.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Something bad would have happened. Thankfully he made it home safely.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

"I think that would not have happened without the advocacy of hundreds of thousands of people and churches that are part of Bread for the World and that keep the pressure on their members of Congress."

VOA: special.2010.06.22

"Obviously we are disappointed with the events that have happened over the last couple of days, I've made that clear,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

He tells VOA that the natural disaster could not have happened at a worse time for Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

I think he has probably mitigated a lot of the harm that could have happened.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

"The Gulf spill is a tragedy that never should have happened." In the battle to win hearts and minds, BP's newest ad, appears to be winning few converts.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"Frankly,some of the first things that have happened subsequent to his extension of that open arm,open hand, have not been very encouraging, in terms of statements coming out of Tehran,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

"If I had the medical insurance, this wouldn't have happened."

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

Her husband,Tom Quirk, says it should never have happened.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

She says many people wonder how the country's history would have been different if one gunshot on one evening had not happened.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

When this happened, my friend would have to go in the hole.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

They say such changes are events that have always happened.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

In the North, people mourned. One man wrote: "The events of the last month or two have done more to build northern opposition to slavery than anything which has ever happened before, than all the anti-slavery pamphlets and books that have ever been written."

VOA: special.2009.07.02