Example sentences of "[pers pn] just happen [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I just happen to be the exception . ’
2 They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time .
3 I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty .
4 She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around .
5 I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night .
6 I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied .
7 I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin .
8 Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on .
9 ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away .
10 I just happened to be in the corridor .
11 The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse .
12 I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’
13 and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James
14 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 .
15 Was her decision to play music on a full-time basis thought out — or did she just happen into it ?
16 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 .
17 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 ?
18 We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most .
19 They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others .
20 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 . ’
21 I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub .
22 We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’
23 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
24 oh we just happened to be down town
25 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 .
26 They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed .
27 They just happened to be in the right place at the right time .
28 They just happened in the natural order of things .
29 And they just happen to be two of the best tracks .
30 And they just happen to be attached to a saint !
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