Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pron] happen to be " in BNC.

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1 You 'll find him just as easily on Paddington Station if you happen to be looking . ’
2 It is obviously more difficult to set aside time for meal planning if you happen to be going through a heavy time at work .
3 The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to …
4 A transaction with a foreigner who is resident here would be outside the embrace of the legislation if he happened to be abroad , or chose to be abroad , at the time the transaction was effected .
5 Now I 'd like to thing that an equal amount of effort can work more in our favour if it happens to be channelled towards a specific competition . ’
6 It is highly unlikely that you are reading this book if you happen to be one of the fortunate few !
7 ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’
8 This will not always satisfy governors , parents , the LEA — or the church or religious order if it happens to be a voluntary-aided school .
9 In making an apology one accepts blame for what has happened , but at the same time one tries to convince the injured party if there happens to be one , or the world at large if not , that the error is not to be taken as representative of the real self .
10 At the most distant property there are shearers ’ quarters which enable us to have the use of hot showers , and shelter for the barbecue if it happens to be raining .
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