Example sentences of "he happen [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second important difference is that if he misses his place in a routine he will be totally lost , whereas if he happens to go in the wrong direction while using a map he is still able to make whatever correction is necessary . |
| 2 | The poet is no longer regarded as a visionary or a genius ; he becomes a skilled worker who arranges , or rather , rearranges the material that he happens to find at his disposal . |
| 3 | The import of the art of scrimshandering as a meditative pastime for the Imperial Fist chapter became more evident to Lexandro when , on a later occasion , he happened to pause near two Battle Brothers who were disputing courteously though passionately not far from the Librarium . |
| 4 | While he was wrestling with this problem , he happened to go to a lecture by Einstein , and was struck by Einstein 's remark that his theory of relativity would fall to the ground if any of several tests failed . |
| 5 | He happened to work for the same paper which stitched Botham up some eight years ago . |
| 6 | About to emigrate to Australia , he happened to meet at King 's Cross Station , London , Thomas Constable [ q.v. ] , the queen 's printer in Edinburgh , a fellow Edinburgh Academical , and an elder of Pilrig Free kirk , who suggested that he try a spell in the printing trade . |
| 7 | He resented the implied criticism , and defended himself by saying he merely gave her a book which he happened to have with him , rather than one he felt suitable for such a person . |
| 8 | In it he refers to the lunar eclipse of 30 October 1091 that he happened to observe in Italy . |
| 9 | We had some anecdotal evidence from the Home Secretary that one or two prison governors whom he happened to run into in recent weeks said that the Bill might not be a bad thing . |
| 10 | The child , it was thought , came into the world as a formless , inert blob of clay which was then moulded by parents , teachers , society , or whatever other forces he happened to come into contact with , and the shape that he eventually assumed was therefore entirely due to the characteristics others had decided to implant in him . |