Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] happen to " in BNC.
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| 61 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 62 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 63 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 64 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 65 | This friend of ours who lost his wife last year , well we 've got another friend who was very fond of her she also smokes we just happened to me we did n't say |
| 66 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 67 | Everything nice happens to me in the autumn . |
| 68 | Within Christianity bread and wine are sacramental not because they just happened to be on the table for a Jewish meal but because they were signs of the covenant . |
| 69 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 70 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 71 | And they just happen to be two of the best tracks . |
| 72 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 73 | And some of them are good fun pop in their own right they just happen to be done in a foreign language and with different cultural influences . |
| 74 | They just happen to be transmitted differently . ’ |
| 75 | However , Tess began to find that the cows which came to her usually happened to be her favourites . |
| 76 | If they also happen to be living alone , we can make all the difference to the monotony of their existence by arranging to take them out regularly . |
| 77 | Products tend to be misplaced or even completely lost or they get in the way but somehow they never happen to be available when wanted . |
| 78 | Usually , it only happens to grown-ups . |
| 79 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 80 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 81 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 82 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 83 | Unless , of course , it just happens to be a Japanese burglar . |
| 84 | ‘ I happen to believe variety is the spice of life , it just happens to be that women end up victimising themselves a lot , or subjecting themselves to a lot of bullshit to get some sort of coverage . |
| 85 | When you do this what you will see in the cell is either a 0 ( meaning False ) if what is actually in B10 is n't Bach or 1 ( meaning True ) if it just happens to be Bach . |
| 86 | it just happens to be the same amount at exactly the same time but how nice of him to explain and how silly of us to be taken in by this string of coincidences . |
| 87 | j it just happens to be one that I know about . |
| 88 | In this case it just happens to be true . ’ |
| 89 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 90 | But that 's , but that 's what I mean , they 're making , they 're saying let's make , when the white people make films black and white people watch them , they 're not specifically made for white people , not specifically made for black people , it just happens to be white actors . |