Example sentences of "i happen to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do wish everyone would stop writing me off just because I happen to be fifty . ’ |
| 2 | if I happen to be awake at that time , then yes , but , if I do n't have |
| 3 | I happen to be married but things would be tough on a single income ’ . |
| 4 | Yes , like many of the others , I happen to be one of the ones who did go up there and take a look at it , erm , at the time , and I hope that the motion as er , not only to the county archivist but all the staff over there for the very hard work and diligent work of which they put in . |
| 5 | ‘ I happen to be one of those people who likes to see the game played at its highest level and a great opportunity has now been lost for Scotland . |
| 6 | The sorts of things I happen to like , the sorts of things I happen to be good at or bad at . |
| 7 | I happen to be more than grateful to her . ’ |
| 8 | Since I happen to be English , I have oriented the chart here for northern observers , but I hope that those in the south will forgive me . |
| 9 | However , if I am a regular customer and the stall owner gives me credit because I happen to be short of cash , I do have an obligation to come back . |
| 10 | I happen to be three doors away , and dropping it in my lap is a discreet step short of making an official report . |
| 11 | Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , Mrs Markham , ’ a Mrs Prothero and President of the Women 's Institute said one day , ‘ I happened to be passing and just wanted to extend a welcome on behalf of the whole village . ’ |
| 13 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm glad I happened to be awake , ’ I said , ‘ but I must go now . |
| 15 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 16 | I happened to be able to put it together again , it was n't too difficult , and er so I got the job of being clerk-cum-what-have-you . |