Example sentences of "[pron] just happen to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hincmar of Rheims wrote to give orders to a neighbouring count who just happened to be his kinsman : it is not hard to see how an archbishop might refer to the local counts collectively as " his " , or the draftsman of a capitulary write in general terms of " archbishops and their counts " . |
| 32 | The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . " |
| 33 | and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James |
| 34 | And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out . |
| 35 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 36 | I was received as a thief , a well-mannered rapist , bucketless car-washer , double-glazing runner , not to mention corrupt informant that some of them tiles is loose , Ma 'm , and we just happen to be in the area with a long ladder so why not call it eighty quid ? |
| 37 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 38 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 39 | 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 . ’ |
| 40 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 41 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 42 | 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 |
| 43 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 46 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 47 | And they just happen to be two of the best tracks . |
| 48 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | They just happen to be transmitted differently . ’ |
| 51 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 52 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 53 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 54 | Unless , of course , it just happens to be a Japanese burglar . |
| 55 | ‘ 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 . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | j it just happens to be one that I know about . |
| 59 | In this case it just happens to be true . ’ |
| 60 | 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 . |