Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] happen to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can present a problem id you happen to be the unhappy owner of a particularly noisy air pump . |
| 2 | It does n't take too much imagination to guess that this means ‘ draw a circle centred at x = 10.5 , y = 24.75 , and of radius 3.9 , in whatever units we happen to be using at the moment ’ . |
| 3 | And that 's a lot of dead people … and innocent people , whichever side they happen to be on . ’ |
| 4 | As was so often the case , he sucked up nourishment from books he happened to be reading , finding parallels in the lives of characters to his own dilemmas and solutions . |
| 5 | The decoders here are just non-linear functions , they 're just binary non-linear functions they happen to be but they 're non-linear . |
| 6 | If you are unlucky enough to find yourself living with someone who seems to you to be an ‘ impossible ’ mother-in-law , it does no harm first to take a good look at yourself and your handling of her , just in case you happen to be one of the original ‘ impossible ’ daughters-in-law ! |
| 7 | She spent more and more time off her eggs , parading about the yard , cackling as if demented and taking sudden rushes in whatever direction she happened to be facing when each fit of frenzy overcame her . |
| 8 | But , pushing him aside , she gathered her cloak around her , made so bravely from those two old plush tablecloths , and began to walk downhill — the direction she happened to be facing — until she came to St Jude 's churchyard where she sat on a gravestone , her head in her hands , and shivered . |
| 9 | But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars . |
| 10 | It 's work I have some familiarity with because by accident I happened to be the external examiner of the lad who did it , Peter Williamson . |
| 11 | Malcolm Rifkind , the Defence Secretary , intervened to say the army believed it would be ‘ grossly invidious for the choice of soldiers for redundancy to depend on whether at any given moment they happened to be serving in Northern Ireland , Bosnia , the UK or elsewhere ’ . |
| 12 | And whichever sort they happen to be , they always think they 're the first of their kind . |
| 13 | New Zealand , too , fielded a side below full strength , though that is their privilege , and an uninspired 80 minutes signified little , beyond underlining the value of Kevin Iro to whichever team he happens to be playing in . |
| 14 | The sorts of things I happen to like , the sorts of things I happen to be good at or bad at . |
| 15 | Storm Jameson , a woman novelist active in the peace movement , later recalled : ‘ For some years after 1933 I lived in equivocal amity with pacifists and combative supporters of the League of Nations , adjusting my feelings , in good and bad faith , to the person I happened to be with . |
| 16 | Which would seem to suggest that old-fashioned good singing is good , no matter what register it happens to be in . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Er , when you 've finished with it , all I want is the token off the corner of the page it happens to be on the reverse side |
| 19 | ( By the way , in case they happen to be reading this , my apologies to Phillip , Mary , Harold and Henry for taking their names in vain ! ) |
| 20 | They had an interest in playing golf together so specifically formed a society giving it the name of the road they happened to be in at the time — Worple Way , Harrow . |
| 21 | And in a sense it happens to be English language and English literature that I teach , but I do n't really think I 'm teaching that , what I 'm doing is helping people to think , hopefully , and have ideas and excite them about ideas and think about themselves and the way they live . |
| 22 | erm , well I think it 's , do , erm I do n't know whether you understand what 's been asked doctor it cou it 's a question of costs , er normally where er matters erm are dealt with in chambers for in counsel appear then erm these counsel do n't get paid for the other side erm unless there is certificate for counsel as I understand it , were the , were the counsel appeared before the Judge erm they are entitled to their costs and this is er an appeal to the Judge , but er what I think Mr is saying is , in case he happens to be wrong in that he would like an order that er his fees should be proper fees of the defen of the plaintiffs on this appeal and er such as you could say seems to me that er , that is a , that would be proper |
| 23 | I suppose that 's what every candidate thinks but in my case it happens to be true . |
| 24 | She would n't mention the boy who 'd made trouble unless for some reason she happened to be asked about him , and she felt she would not be . |
| 25 | For one thing she happens to be another man 's wife these days . |
| 26 | Then one of the travelling craftsmen came out from the town and lined the cart , trap or wagon we happened to be making : that means he painted the finishing touches , the lines on the wheels and the panels . |
| 27 | You do n't honestly believe he 's got anything to do with the way I happen to be feeling , do you ? ’ |
| 28 | When the organizer stops , the person stops in whatever position she happens to be in . |
| 29 | Calls will be linked automatically to the first available Samaritan volunteer , whatever part of the country they happen to be in . |
| 30 | In this generation it happens to be me . |