Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All of this is very unlikely , unless you happened to be lucky enough to attend a reasonably progressive school . |
| 32 | Er all the clothing you had was provided by yourself , boiler suits , boots er there there was no protective clothing at all , there were no protection for your hearing , er there was no what we called leathers as such for er to save you from getting burned with scales off of the rivets , with burning machines etcetera , there were n't there was absolutely no er protective clothing at all , unless you happened to be able to buy it yourself somewhere . |
| 33 | That is , unless you happened to be about to meet them across a conference table . |
| 34 | Unless , Robbie — testing potatoes with a fork — thought darkly , unless you happened to be in love with the person sharing your confinement . |
| 35 | To allege incompetence at playing the tuba would not lower most people in the eyes of their fellow citizens — unless they happened to be professional tubists . |
| 36 | ‘ Unless they happened to be a part of it . ’ |
| 37 | It was n't Morris , it was n't identifiable , even to a keen archaeologist — not unless he happened to be all too well informed about the experts who had interested themselves in Aurae Phiala , and even in their heirs and heiresses , down to herself . |
| 38 | Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls . |
| 39 | I was confusing those regulations with some others , because I happened to be dealing with the lack of adequate time for the disability working regulations . |
| 40 | He was glad that Henry had n't waived the charge altogether ; you would n't expect an electrician to rewire your house for free , just because you happened to be acquainted . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | And did he have to flaunt his sexual prowess with her as well , just because she happened to be female , and happened to be there ? |
| 43 | So we were popular , and courted popularity , because we happened to be the sort of person society preferred , neotenic , forever in the larval stage . |
| 44 | He was famous simply because he happened to be the Prince of Wales ; and in his darker moments he felt that charities and organizations only wanted him because of his name . |
| 45 | As has been seen , the choice of Pétain to command at Verdun was made less because of his qualities than because he happened to be available at the moment . |
| 46 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |
| 47 | On the prototype a 100VA transformer , which was unnecessarily big , but because it happened to be standing on the shelf , was used . |
| 48 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 49 | For instance , taking a semi-detached house worth £60,000 in Milton Keynes and a semi-detached house also worth £60,000 in Northampton , the household in Northampton would pay £88 more in tax simply because it happened to be across the regional boundary . |
| 50 | Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it . |
| 51 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 52 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |
| 53 | When he happened to be with me . |