Example sentences of "[pers pn] just happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | They just happen to be transmitted differently . ’ |
| 33 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 34 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 35 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 36 | Unless , of course , it just happens to be a Japanese burglar . |
| 37 | ‘ 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | j it just happens to be one that I know about . |
| 41 | In this case it just happens to be true . ’ |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 45 | It just happened to be the one which caused the glass to become overfilled and which caused the body to begin to signal being under excessive stress . |
| 46 | We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me . |
| 47 | But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’ |
| 48 | And Robert , who was by now learning the basic rule that if anybody said anything interesting it was probably Muhammad , would ask if by any chance it just happened to be a saying of the Prophet , to which the headmaster would reply , his eyes shining , ‘ That 's it ! |
| 49 | So it was , the prophecy was written then by Daniel for our , for our time and it just happened in our , because you know er , when he was er , when he finished the book write written and he said I have seen the , the , the erm visions and I 've heard the voice , but I , and I 've written down what I was told to do , but I do not understand and then the voice said to him well close that down , that book is not for you to understand , the generations that it 's written for , it 's written for the end of the times , they will come to understand it , and you see we actually witnessing what 's happening |
| 50 | It just happened like that . ’ |
| 51 | And then I began to become very worried about it and it just happened by chance that one Friday morning I heard a programme on Radio Brighton , and it was Doctor Wisbey speaking about dyslexia , and it dawned on me immediately that my son was dyslexia . |
| 52 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 53 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 54 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 55 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |
| 56 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |