Example sentences of "if he happen to " in BNC.

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1 The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to …
2 If he happened to be out when Sien came home , the flowers in front of the window by the wicker chair would let her know he had thought of her .
3 A transaction with a foreigner who is resident here would be outside the embrace of the legislation if he happened to be abroad , or chose to be abroad , at the time the transaction was effected .
4 The presence of a rival could blight his own prospects , and if he happened to be from the locality , then Owen O'Clery told himself he might as well be moving on immediately .
5 Ben he spotted me on these occasions he invariably called out some mocking remark and if he happened to be with some of his cronies they all joined in the laughter at my expense .
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