Example sentences of "[adv] happen [prep] be a " in BNC.
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1 | Unless , of course , it just happens to be a Japanese burglar . |
2 | The only thing they have in common is that they are all outgoing , extrovert , self-confident , irrepressible and generally sparky personalities — which just happens to be a pretty good recipe for attractiveness in a woman , as well as being the ideal make-up for sales . ’ |
3 | Later I mention this encounter to an old friend who just happens to be a former service supervisor for the phone company . |
4 | Well this to , to photograph anything , this just happens to be a camera and I suppose that would appeal to a lot of camera collectors to people that I er er who I work with , people I know , friends and that , they know I 'm interested in photography and they always ask me about cameras |
5 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
6 | Earthworms are the main item in a badger 's diet and cow grazing pastures just happen to be a good source of earthworms . |
7 | It helps if you play for Swindon Town , or just happen to be a Formula One motor racing champion , but could we persuade Peter to add a Television Presenter to his collection ? |
8 | To get the tickets you had to sign up for a complete tour and hospitality package , available through Travelforce , a travel agency in Durban — of which the then President of the Natal Rugby Union , and member of the Executive of the ( former ) SARB , just happened to be a director . |
9 | ‘ The whole thing has got out of control , I 'm not so much bored as miserable , ’ confided Diana to a sympathetic neighbour who just happened to be a journalist . |
10 | The auto industry just happened to be a convenient sector in which to show his determination to change ( Doner , 1987 ; Oman , 1989 : pp. 164–166 ) . |
11 | And Robert , who was by now learning the basic rule that if anybody said anything interesting it was probably Muhammad , would ask if by any chance it just happened to be a saying of the Prophet , to which the headmaster would reply , his eyes shining , ‘ That 's it ! |
12 | The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . " |
13 | A Concorde tug was the brainchild of PC Bob Gilbert based at Maidstone , Kent who also happens to be a member of the Vulcan Association . |
14 | There also happens to be a young TV filmmaker ( Jean-Pierre Léaud , the nouvelle vague 's fetish actor ) similar to the one played by Cleavon Little in Yates 's picture . |
15 | It also happens to be a disastrous blow to Test cricket 's normally well-guarded sanctity as the supreme form of the game 's expression . |
16 | It also happens to be a favourite animal for ethological experiments . |
17 | And if a commercial building which suffers multi-million pound damage also happens to be a ‘ prestige ’ target , then so much the better . |
18 | Bank Assistants can not afford to live on their current salaries and , as has been pointed out , a Bank assistant who also happens to be a bread winner would be better off on the Dole ! |
19 | our sales manager , popped the question to ( whose father also happens to be a customer ) and their big day will be sometime in the summer . |
20 | I 'm going to multiply it by another number which also happens to be a hundred to the power a half . |
21 | It was by chance and with the support of a visiting teacher of drawing who also happened to be a lecturer at Goldsmiths College that I succeeded in getting a place at art school , the first and last totally blind student to have ever done so in Britain . |
22 | It would n't happen to be a Dornier bomber they suggest , the good old Flying Pencil ? ’ |
23 | There does n't happen to be a pen in there does there ? |
24 | In there happened to be a very comfortable-looking barn . |
25 | By chance there happened to be a 12 year-old MkII Boogie combo in the Guitarist studio with just such a loop . |