Example sentences of "if [pron] happened to " in BNC.

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1 Beatrice described his assaults in her fluent , showy style , the nights when Modigliani came home drunk : ‘ If I happened to be drunk too , there was a great scene !
2 He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie !
3 Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me .
4 His girlfriend , a dealer too , would give him a bored hard look , if she happened to be around .
5 Madeleine was his sole reason for wanting to return to England — although naturally he 'd love to see Alice if she happened to be in London .
6 If you happened to be megafabulously famous way back at the start of the '70s , the problems are literally multiplied twentyfold .
7 If you happened to be in Hyde Park on October 21st , you may have seen celebrities like Gloria Hunniford , Lyndsey De Paul , James Coburn and Roger Daltrey with spade in hand in aid of the Prince of Wales Trust ( they 're all devotees of Paul Mitchell products , I 'm sure ! ) .
8 We all had a good laugh about it , but it was not so funny if you happened to be Keith Fletcher .
9 After all , if you happened to be next him after dinner for ten minutes , he would get invaluable hints .
10 So if you happened to be out of the house working it was too bad , unless you got a house cleaner to put your name down for you .
11 ‘ And imagine what it must have been like before all those modern office ‘ towers ’ were built to dwarf it — especially if you happened to be a traitor .
12 What they did at a branch on our district erm , again it was just like set up , people were given specific tasks , but at the end of the three month cycle , they 'd change some people , er , those people 's tasks so that they , so they would n't get stagnant , and plus , if one person was off , if you happened to be on holiday , you 've got somebody else that can do the job at the standard and not let the standard fall .
13 If something happened to him , my whole life would be crushed . ’
14 Another worry was that , if something happened to Dr Ting , the team he held together would fall apart .
15 If something happened to our young friend here , who would get Baskerville Hall and all its lands ? ’
16 Especially if they happened to be Paris , Venice or Florence .
17 Alison had rung to say that she was coming up to London for an appointment and could they lunch at a restaurant to which they had both occasionally gone when working at Brentwoods , if they happened to be feeling affluent .
18 Long acquaintance with the clergy had convinced him that priests could not tell one layman from the next if they happened to be on their own administrative staff .
19 He seemed far more concerned to take money off the rich — especially if they happened to be Muslim .
20 Would n't you want to do something about it if it happened to one of your friends ? ’
21 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 .
22 My Dad would murder me if it happened to me . ’
23 Write as if it happened to you .
24 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 ?
25 ‘ That 's what you 'd say if it happened to anybody else . ’
26 If it happened to them , they 'd do something .
27 It 's not right when it happens to the lads from the inner cities , so it would n't be right if it happened to the lads from the county set .
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 ?
29 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 .
30 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 .
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