Example sentences of "you happen to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And imagine what it must have been like before all those modern office ‘ towers ’ were built to dwarf it — especially if you happened to be a traitor . |
| 2 | In real life , the affliction tends to get laughed at — unless you happen to be a sleepwalker , or to live with one . |
| 3 | But if you happen to be a sad coward like me , you can get your kicks from Dambusters instead . |
| 4 | But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars . |
| 5 | They prove that the flab fights back — and will get you even if you happen to be a Royal . |
| 6 | Unless you happen to be a keen follower of American football , you are more likely to be able to answer the first six questions than the last two . |
| 7 | If you happen to be a policeman , however , or a friend of one of the ‘ lads ’ , but do not happen to share their attitudes towards black people , you are in an even more awkward and complicated position ; how can you avoid being spoken for by those who ‘ represent ’ you in the text ? |
| 8 | If you happen to be a seasoned 1-2-3 or Excel user reluctant to loose reams of data , then have no fear . |
| 9 | Would have thought that Forrester 's value would have gone up after Saturdays double strike — and Whelan 's worth more than that , although both have had limited exposure unless you happen to be a Leeds fan . |
| 10 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 11 | I 'll grantcha if you 're a citizen of the union living in South America , the West Indies or the Pacific and you happen to be a member of the French colonies , you 'll have a vote in the European parliament in the elections . |
| 12 | But if you happen to be a citizen of the union a citizen of the European union , a member of the only mainland European colony belonging to this country namely Gibraltar , you do n't have a vote . |
| 13 | This can present a problem id you happen to be the unhappy owner of a particularly noisy air pump . |
| 14 | Right , that was a very big statement , the youth of the world and you happen to be the youth of the world , there 's a lot of you , so how , there you are , you 're in charge of the world , how are you going to do just that ? |
| 15 | ‘ Ethel , ’ continued Miss Hardbroom , ‘ just because you happen to be an excellent scholar and one of the most helpful members of my class , I do not expect you to lie your way out of a situation when it has become awkward . |