Example sentences of "happened [prep] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ringing in his ears happened to be a bare half tone below the key in which he hummed music to himself . |
| 2 | But this was achieved only because she happened to be a good listener , and , after a few leading questions about his earlier life in the high , mountainous country of the South Island , he talked almost non-stop . |
| 3 | That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult , not easier . |
| 4 | Actually Christine normal size twelve dress that happened to be a full dress . |
| 5 | The auto industry just happened to be a convenient sector in which to show his determination to change ( Doner , 1987 ; Oman , 1989 : pp. 164–166 ) . |
| 6 | By chance there happened to be a 12 year-old MkII Boogie combo in the Guitarist studio with just such a loop . |
| 7 | She happened to be a staunch Methodist and that at least offered me some welcome continuity . |