Example sentences of "[noun prp] happen to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew a deep breath , then said with a faint curl to his lip , ‘ Lucy happens to be my stepmother 's niece . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ In any case , Lucy happens to be someone who is more than just staff — as you put it . |
| 3 | Erm Napoleon happens to be it 's king and and it is very much a client of France . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , this Meredith happens to be female , all the bits between the woolly hat and brown brogues , ’ she said wrily . |
| 5 | Jo Stephenson Jo Stephens happens to be a woman . |
| 6 | Your relationship with Janice happens to be very much my damned business , particularly now that I understand the truth ! ’ |
| 7 | IME happens to be the Estonian word for ‘ miracle ’ — exactly what is required , you could be forgiven for feeling , if today 's designs are to become reality . |
| 8 | Ruth happened to be passing , and Connor stopped her , introducing the young man . |
| 9 | Wheeler happened to be in the office when the call came through . |
| 10 | The press had been given nothing but ‘ blurry , distorted photographs culled from television shots of occasions in the past at which North happened to be present ’ ; at best , ABC News had shown ‘ pictures of the back of a man 's head that may or may not have been North 's as the man got into an Embassy car in Cyprus on the occasion of the homeward flight of one of the hostages ’ . |
| 11 | Almost certainly the right forefinger , unless Gerry Boden happened to be a southpaw . |
| 12 | I was merely making a boring journey by river and Luxor happened to be at the end of it . ’ |
| 13 | So I was learning from my own mistakes and others at the time er things like getting the right county where the New Brighton happen to be and things like that I was learning . |
| 14 | ‘ Because Meredith Williams happens to be male , ’ he said flatly . |
| 15 | Bristol and Coventry happened to be playing against each other . |
| 16 | Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner , totally absorbed in a book . |
| 17 | Everyone thought there 'd be a roar of ribald laughter at that line if Puck happened to be hopping around the stage in plaster at the time . ’ |
| 18 | Unfortunately , PC Dickens happened to be a writer too . |
| 19 | Africa happens to be a particularly unchoosy market for fatty beef that the EC has to get rid of somehow . |
| 20 | Merely the fact that Adam happens to be there , too . |
| 21 | Both also gave prominence to the fact that Blanche happened to be at TV London at the time of the murder and had taken charge of the case . |
| 22 | He could believe some drunken classics student had run amok with a spray-can , but not that he had chanced to write two words of no classical significance beneath the window of the room where Harry happened to be staying . |
| 23 | ‘ As you 're well aware , Kirsty happens to be in my interim custody . |
| 24 | Damned good luck that Calder happened to be available this morning , was n't it ? ’ |
| 25 | Then , on one occasion , Malcolm happened to be around when they came in . |
| 26 | See , London 's Walthamstow happens to be our mutual home , an East End oasis situated — in soccer-speak — smack between Tottenham and Leyton Orient . |
| 27 | ‘ The Gates happens to be ours . ’ |
| 28 | McCann happened to be at home in Derry on a visit when he was invited to take part in a DHAC demonstration . |
| 29 | and Angela happens to be sleeping over as she does at her job |
| 30 | Susan happens to be a white speaker , but this is not the only case of misadaptation : black speakers do it as well , although rarely . |