Example sentences of "[noun sg] happened to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marble happened to be perfect . |
| 2 | When the advocates of a pro-Israeli policy happened to be Jewish , says the Jewish Mr Teicher , the Arabists did not hesitate to whisper ‘ dual loyalty ’ . |
| 3 | ONE of the Spanish flunkies approached the Princess Royal in Barcelona last week when the Royal Box happened to be empty and suggested she sit there . |
| 4 | We can see no reason why the court in the Leighton case should have regarded the equities as being any different , as between the mother and the chargees , merely because the land happened to be registered land . |
| 5 | The paths shown are those of the 7 rats in group fixed ( b ) and the 7 in group varied ( c ) on trial 85 when the landmark positions in the arena happened to be identical for the two groups . |
| 6 | This would make little difference except on the occasions when , by ill luck , one or more such items of infalling material happened to be big . |
| 7 | The weather happened to be cold , very cold . |