Example sentences of "happen [prep] be [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DARREN FERGUSON has won over his biggest critic — Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson , who also just happens to be his dad . |
| 2 | ‘ But the one with the greedy , grasping little ways happens to be your fiancée , not me ! ’ |
| 3 | The address business address is happens to be your home is |
| 4 | They do n't have a problem at all it does n't seem to er be part of their daily lives er , that said I do have a farmer of my acquaintance , when I say my acquaintance he happens to be my son-in-law . |
| 5 | Together with the Fifth , it happens to be my favourite of the symphonies . |
| 6 | He drew a deep breath , then said with a faint curl to his lip , ‘ Lucy happens to be my stepmother 's niece . ’ |
| 7 | Apart from the fact that there 's an eleven-year gap in our ages and I do n't go in for cradle-snatching , she happens to be my stepsister . ’ |
| 8 | Adam may have extended the invitation , but it happens to be my house . ’ |
| 9 | Remember also that most lecturers ( if they happen to be your examiners ) feel a strong revulsion and antipathy when they find their own cherished and " brilliant " arguments re-presented in a bowdlerised fashion from inadequate notes and a poor flogged memory . |
| 10 | They happen to be my father 's vice . ’ |
| 11 | However , Tess began to find that the cows which came to her usually happened to be her favourites . |
| 12 | She happened to be my fiancée . |
| 13 | ‘ Which happened to be my train , ’ the tall blonde offered uneasily , ‘ already two hours late from Plymouth . ’ |
| 14 | It happened to be my birthday — I 've never had or am likely to have a better birthday dinner , I do n't mind being a year older every year for this ! |
| 15 | Known throughout the army as ‘ le Capucin Botté ’ ( the Fighting Friar ) , in his entourage de Castelnau was always accompanied by his own private chaplain , a Rabelaisian Jesuit who also happened to be his nephew . |
| 16 | Hincmar of Rheims wrote to give orders to a neighbouring count who just happened to be his kinsman : it is not hard to see how an archbishop might refer to the local counts collectively as " his " , or the draftsman of a capitulary write in general terms of " archbishops and their counts " . |
| 17 | Well , that does n't happen to be my style , my choice of façade . |
| 18 | Is that i does that happen to be his nickname ? |