Example sentences of "[conj] you happen to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just bad luck that you happen to be stuck on . |
| 2 | It is highly unlikely that you are reading this book if you happen to be one of the fortunate few ! |
| 3 | There is no great demand for pen computing from Western users of mid-range systems , but things are rather different if you happen to be Chinese — and 1,200m people in the People 's Republic alone are — and are constrained to use thousands of ideographic characters , and Communication Intelligence Corp , Redwood Shores , California has gone to IBM Corp for an OEM agreement on its AS/400 computers and plans to fit the terminals with its PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System software and integrate the machines into its pen-based computer product line being designed for China ; Communication Intelligence plans to market its Chinese pen-based office automation system through partnerships with the Chinese government , with the first out in 12 months . |
| 4 | But it 's amazing how quickly you pick it up , especially if you happen to be interested in the work . |
| 5 | After all , if you happened to be next him after dinner for ten minutes , he would get invaluable hints . |
| 6 | All of this is very unlikely , unless you happened to be lucky enough to attend a reasonably progressive school . |
| 7 | Er all the clothing you had was provided by yourself , boiler suits , boots er there there was no protective clothing at all , there were no protection for your hearing , er there was no what we called leathers as such for er to save you from getting burned with scales off of the rivets , with burning machines etcetera , there were n't there was absolutely no er protective clothing at all , unless you happened to be able to buy it yourself somewhere . |
| 8 | ‘ Think you 're so bloody superior just because you happen to be straight ! ’ |