Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a shy , lonely man who married the nearest thing to hand , which happened to be Nancy , the entertaining redhead who looked after his fingernails in the barber 's shop at the Dorchester . |
| 2 | We all had a good laugh about it , but it was not so funny if you happened to be Keith Fletcher . |
| 3 | Until recently , Peter had thought of Kate as someone to be avoided : a member of an alien species who happened to be Richard 's sister . |
| 4 | Especially if they happened to be Paris , Venice or Florence . |
| 5 | ‘ It happened to be Koraloona . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 ) . |