Example sentences of "and [pron] happen to be " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's a mug 's game and I happen to be very good at it . |
2 | I know Gilbert Racy and I happen to be on holiday in Hereward 's parish . ’ |
3 | If you'se happen to be comin' here to Dublin at some time or other in the future — which praise the Lord you will be , for t is God 's own city — and you happen to be driving down O'Connell Street and you see me standin' here like dis , with me arms up ; then whether I 'm here or not , you stop . ’ |
4 | Right , that was a very big statement , the youth of the world and you happen to be the youth of the world , there 's a lot of you , so how , there you are , you 're in charge of the world , how are you going to do just that ? |
5 | I 'll grantcha if you 're a citizen of the union living in South America , the West Indies or the Pacific and you happen to be a member of the French colonies , you 'll have a vote in the European parliament in the elections . |
6 | I know it 's not something that most of you are used to talking on a day to day basis , and if you go back to your workplace and you happen to be in a very male dominated workplace , it 's not necessarily gon na be the easiest thing to broach with your colleagues when you get back . |