Example sentences of "[pron] happen [prep] be [art] " 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 | As my aunt would say , I happen to be a sensible lass . |
3 | So , the idea was that Finniston bought out this report which would then form another strata over the institutions and form the Engineering Council , of which I happen to be a member . |
4 | I happen to be a fan if Mr Vonnegut , so here 's one of his little gems . |
5 | I happen to be a former Strathclyde councillor . |
6 | Er you will I think have one problem er in working for the L E A. Erm I happen to be a school aid inspector and I 'm finding now quite a with er with the income tax people at the moment |
7 | ‘ I happen to be a major shareholder in the station now , so that makes me your boss if you want it spelling out to you . |
8 | Yes , it 's the i I mean , I , I happen to be a delegate to national conference as well , so I ha I actually have two of these brochures . |
9 | Now I happen to be an extravert , so if I compensate by smoking this will keep me a perfectly balanced and healthy human being . |
10 | I 'm a big fan of Elton John , but I love all entertainers — I happen to be an entertainer-lover ! ’ |
11 | ‘ I happen to be the only person here who believes we have to make a response at the European level , ’ Mr Radice said . |
12 | I happen to be the young man 's godfather . |
13 | I happen to be the hero , you know . ’ |
14 | I 'm keen to make my mark on my own merits , not because I happen to be the chairman 's daughter ! ’ |
15 | I happened to be the last person of my family there . |
16 | It 's work I have some familiarity with because by accident I happened to be the external examiner of the lad who did it , Peter Williamson . |
17 | To our colleague from London , let me say I happen to be a boilermaker , not because I 'm a dinosaur with me head in the past , but because that happens to be the occupation that I follow and that 's what I am . |
18 | Would n't you agree that in normal day to day language if we see a line of cars going down a road and one of them happens to be a Rolls Royce we would say , that 's the quality car ? |
19 | It collapses onto the ground , which happens to be a deep pile of manure , and it lies there until it is trampled to death by the other cows which are milling continually around it . |
20 | And what I mean by that is for example er a pan like that we can buy for a quid which happens to be a . |
21 | It 's just a graph of a function which happens to be a straight line . |
22 | Jeremy Welsh 's Forest Fires is an all round experience , with leaves on the floor , the smell of woodsmoke and warmth from the fire , which happens to be a group of camouflaged televisions . |
23 | The ideal , preferred temperature for feline food is 86°F , which happens to be the same temperature as the cat 's tongue . |
24 | Is there any reason to suppose that individual decisions on family size will result in an average which happens to be the replacement rate ? |
25 | The R Y A does n't need an enormous subscription income and so if we could increase personal membership to say four hundred and eighty thousand , which happens to be the aggregate membership of our member clubs , this could be at a very much lower individual subscription and this in turn would facilitate selling membership to the nearly two million yachts persons who are not members of clubs . |
26 | ‘ Something to do with the Second World War , Superintendent , which happens to be an area I 've written about myself . ’ |
27 | That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult , not easier . |
28 | We took a book from a shelf , which happened to be a gardening book . |
29 | Unfortunately she made a mistake of naming the church where Jesus was found as St George 's , which happened to be a Church of England edifice . |
30 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |