Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] happen to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A priest who happened to be visiting my mother volunteered to stay on one of these occasions , but the screams drove him out . |
| 2 | They are also the greasy old retro pimps it 's OK to like , a bunch of seedy would-be Lynch subjects who happen to be one of the most important groups in Britain today . |
| 3 | U. supporters who happen to be at the fete will have extra motivation for hitting the net behind Wesley . |
| 4 | Before being taken to the platform , he was introduced to those members of the Committee who happened to be milling around the entrance . |
| 5 | From time to time , almost absent-mindedly , he reached into his pocket and produced a sweet , which he gave to any small boy who happened to be near . |
| 6 | If tha does n't believe me , ger a bag of coil on thi back and I 'll get one on mine [ not something unusual for Amos who happened to be a coalmerchant ] and ah 'll race thee to t ’ top o' t' wood ! ’ |
| 7 | A few Labour Councillors , a Labour M P , two or three Trade Union representatives , a G P a G P who happens to be a Councillors , Labour Councillor 's wife and one or two others |
| 8 | Would a Melanesian who happened to be one 's cousin five times removed be a relation or a foreigner ? |
| 9 | This will include purchasers , donnees , borrowers , employees of a purchaser and bystanders who happen to be injured . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |
| 11 | Back to the RSPCA campaign — while admirable , it does give the impression that the 1000 dogs destroyed daily are all good-tempered , potentially healthy young dogs who happen to be without a home . |
| 12 | Does one appoint a poor teacher who is a mathematics specialist to a staff rather than an excellent teacher who happens to be a historian but who enjoys teaching mathematics ? |
| 13 | The important thing is that we go onstage feeling like a unit , rather than a bunch of individuals who happen to be playing in the same key . ’ |
| 14 | Buddeke wrote bits of her speech into a notebook as he examined those around him and made note of the enthusiastic individuals who happened to be standing nearby , describing dress , attitude , or making little sketches . |
| 15 | He points to the irrationality of this assumption and makes the seemingly rather obvious point that ‘ Torture … is an infallible means for absolving robust scoundrels and for condemning innocent persons who happen to be weak ’ ( p. 32 ) . |
| 16 | The basic idea is that in order to study a single linguistic feature , the investigator will elicit a set word or phrase in entirely naturalistic conditions from persons who happen to be in a given place at a given time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm calling a friend who happened to be in London with me , ’ he drawled coolly . |
| 18 | As you well know our mission statement , Save The Children 's vision , commits us to using our experience gained here and overseas to achieve lasting benefits for children on a far wider scale than would be the case if we just confined our work to those children and families who happen to be involved in the projects we run . |
| 19 | At least that way I shall feel more confident that it 's Labour Party members and supporters who are selecting candidates and electing the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party and not a Liberal or Tory trade unionist who happens to be paying the political levy . |
| 20 | George Taylor was collected and he and Mrs Oliver returned to the tobacconists ' to be joined shortly by PC Chandler , an off-duty policeman who happened to be in Higatt 's too . |
| 21 | The reason is that heads of chambers are not required to notify vacant tenancies to a central office , so that there can be fair competition for them ; the tenancy is given to the person who happens to be on the spot and who is acceptable , or to a relative of the head of chambers , or otherwise by favour . |
| 22 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 23 | Next , his staff in the White House hamfistedly fire seven non-political civil servants who happen to be popular with their only real clients — the White House press corps . |
| 24 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 25 | Few people are aware how men , who on the whole are more socially , economically , politically , and physically powerful than women , use these resources frequently to batter wives and cohabitees ( Dobash and Dobash 1981 ) , sexually harass their female ( usually subordinate ) co-workers , or assault/rape any woman who happens to be in the way ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you have such an inflated idea of your own sex appeal you think you can grab any woman who happens to be to hand ? ’ |
| 27 | It was basically a group of people who happened to be around but very soon we all had titles and were constantly organising and re-organising the creating divisions and systems and methods . |
| 28 | To a large extent , their numbers were made up of tourists , people who happened to be passing by , people with time to kill , and people who simply fancied doing something different . |
| 29 | ‘ We 're two different people who happen to be in the same business . |
| 30 | He knows slightly too many people who happen to be rich . |