Example sentences of "a [noun] [Wh pn] happen to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A priest who happened to be visiting my mother volunteered to stay on one of these occasions , but the screams drove him out . |
| 2 | Would a Melanesian who happened to be one 's cousin five times removed be a relation or a foreigner ? |
| 3 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm calling a friend who happened to be in London with me , ’ he drawled coolly . |
| 5 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 6 | For some , the crime may even pay : thus in the Goodrich disc-brake scandal of the late 1960s , when the company attempted to foist a defective brake-disc system on to a customer who happened to be too clever to be deceived , two of the main executives involved were later promoted ( Vandivier 1972 : 33 ) . |
| 7 | Moral suasion caused the banks to discriminate between customers in a manner unrelated to their ordinary business relations : a customer who happened to be an exporter was eligible for funds , but an equally good customer who , say , imported manufactured consumer goods was deprived of necessary funds . |
| 8 | You receive a telephone call from the husband of a guest who happens to be out for a stroll . |
| 9 | The fact that Murphy considers himself first and foremost a businessman who happens to be in PR helps to explain the care with which the decision to sell PRCS was taken . |