Example sentences of "it happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |
| 2 | But tonight , although she had left it open on many other nights , it happened to be locked . |
| 3 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 4 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 5 | But it happened to be true . ’ |
| 6 | Suppose , for the sake of argument , it happened to be the case that marriage weakened the power of a priest to influence his flock , say because it occupied a large proportion of his time and attention . |
| 7 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 8 | It happened to be true . |
| 9 | It happened to be my birthday — I 've never had or am likely to have a better birthday dinner , I do n't mind being a year older every year for this ! |
| 10 | On the prototype a 100VA transformer , which was unnecessarily big , but because it happened to be standing on the shelf , was used . |
| 11 | According to author Dr Eve Roman , ‘ it made no difference whether a woman worked on a VDU as part of her general day , whether she just used it occasionally or whether her only contact with a VDU was that it happened to be in the same room ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ It happened to be Koraloona . |
| 13 | It happened to be the Conservatives , with an accomplished fixer , William Whitelaw , as responsible Minister . |
| 14 | That this was a part only of a very much broader problem was cheerfully con-ceded from the beginning ; it happened to be the project 's brief and that was that . |
| 15 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 16 | But because all the men were supporting Tom all the women was in a vast majority was opposed to him and they 'd vote for anybody , and it happened to be me you see . |
| 17 | It happened to be green . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | After about 9 days at Gary and Kaye 's we moved to Caroline Lock 's ; she has a small flat under the house , and it happened to be vacant for a week . |
| 20 | It happened to be true , though . |
| 21 | So , putting it another way , you do n't agree with the principle of a new settlement , but if it happened to be found elsewhere , other than Hambledon , you 'd let it ride ? |
| 22 | We would n't have got on to it except it happened to be a post office where the little old lady is careful and takes a note of the numbers of anything over a fiver . |
| 23 | ‘ It happened to be there so I potted it . ’ |
| 24 | He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It happened to be a goods ' entrance , and as she pushed open the heavy doors and slipped inside the deafening noise hit her — of hammering and drilling and the drone of the hydraulic pumps that operated the floor levels together with the shouts of the men operating the overhead cranes . |
| 27 | It happened to be entitled ‘ Jubilant Our Feet ’ . |
| 28 | It was a dirty trick to put it into to poor Mary Lou 's desk said Jean , she ca n't help being scared of things I suppose , she almost jumped out of her skin when she saw it , I should of thought any joker in our form would of been decent enough to popped it into say Alicia 's desk , not if it happened to be Alicia who popped it in said a sly voice , you do so love playing tricks do n't you Alicia ? |