Where we come from, that kind of thing doesn't happen.

"How can this kind of thing happen to the people around you?"

But if that kind of thing only happened once in a while, I could put up with it.

This kind of situation can happen, especially after what I've lived in the last few weeks.

"Congress should do something to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen again."

And I have seen this kind of thing happen before.

Who would believe that kind of thing could happen in this little town?

She thought that kind of thing only happened in America.

We must make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again in the future.

This kind of thing had happened before, he told them, and more than once.