Example sentences of "because [pers pn] happen to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do wish everyone would stop writing me off just because I happen to be fifty . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Just because I happen to be President of this company I do n't play the Great White Chief , ’ he was fond of saying . |
| 4 | However , if I am a regular customer and the stall owner gives me credit because I happen to be short of cash , I do have an obligation to come back . |
| 5 | I 'm keen to make my mark on my own merits , not because I happen to be the chairman 's daughter ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Ethel , ’ continued Miss Hardbroom , ‘ just because you happen to be an excellent scholar and one of the most helpful members of my class , I do not expect you to lie your way out of a situation when it has become awkward . |
| 7 | ‘ Think you 're so bloody superior just because you happen to be straight ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We are not together because we happen to be two women , ’ says Sandra . |
| 9 | But we 've got to live by their rules and not expect privileges because we happen to be women . ’ |
| 10 | And I 'm trying to get it through your arrogant skull that I 'm not in the market for a casual roll in the hay just because we happen to be sharing a villa for a few days ! ’ |
| 11 | Young children may lay claim to possession just because they happen to be playing with , say , a car or doll . |
| 12 | Why should they be financially penalized because they happen to be sick or disabled ? |
| 13 | In all seriousness , I ask the Government not to deride the strong arguments for a local income tax just because they happen to be advanced by what they call minority parties . |
| 14 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |