Example sentences of "[conj] i happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | A piece of land where I happened to be born . |
| 2 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 3 | It was around this point , in the midst of dealing with the many demands being made on my attention , that I happened to glance out of a window and spotted the figure of the young Mr Cardinal taking some fresh air around the grounds . |
| 4 | Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ? |
| 5 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was while I was crossing one of the canals on my way back here that I happened to catch sight of you and your friend . |
| 6 | It 's just that I happened to . |
| 7 | People think if you 're small , you 're there to be downtrodden , and they have a stack of prejudices about all the other things that I happen to be . |
| 8 | You can not simply propose to me with no more reason than the discovery that I happen to sleep with a woman and expect an instant answer . |
| 9 | Just that I happen to have lost my job ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 11 | ‘ I remember once , though , when Sounds were searching for an interview and I happened to know that the whole thing was a set-up . |
| 12 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 13 | The wood-cuts were on display at the Rick Institute in Kilmanock , and I happened to visit on the day of the General Election . |
| 14 | If , by some appalling stroke of bad luck , he and I happened to bump into each other while we 're here — ’ He broke off . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , ’ now she understood , ‘ because I — was walking in the garden to clear my head and I happened to see — ’ |
| 16 | I 'd never heard of Knudsen until earlier this morning when I was somewhere over the North Sea on my way from England and I happened to open a magazine aimed at Nordic Airport passengers . |
| 17 | With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’ |
| 18 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 19 | Your brother may have been a junkie , but he was also my friend and I happened to love him ! |
| 20 | He was exiting the Commons Chamber at the end of Prime Minister 's Question Time and I happened to be walking along the corridor which he was entering . |
| 21 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 22 | That 's not too bad actually except the day the young men loaded it back onto the trailer when we 'd finished and it was one of these corners , and I happened to be muggins on the corner where that lever was , and he had n't tied it , it was only in the ratchet , you know , he should have tied it of course . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a mug 's game and I happen to be very good at it . |
| 24 | Asked if sex was his lifeline , he said : ‘ That 's what Madonna says , and I happen to agree with her . ’ |
| 25 | I know Gilbert Racy and I happen to be on holiday in Hereward 's parish . ’ |
| 26 | And I happen to know that my friend the Mason has the keep of that place . |
| 27 | I 'm with you , for a start , and I happen to like being with you . |
| 28 | And I happen to know it was you that put Ephraim 's boots in my bag . ’ |
| 29 | If I happen to be pondering them when about to cross the street , and the green light has changed to yellow , ‘ Be aware ’ resumes all its authority ; never mind that at another level of discourse physics dismisses colour as subjective , unreal . |
| 30 | If I happen to remember such details when there 's a beautiful doll on the paying end , Hinkle is right in there rooting for the firm . |