Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not too bad actually except the day the young men loaded it back onto the trailer when we 'd finished and it was one of these corners , and I happened to be muggins on the corner where that lever was , and he had n't tied it , it was only in the ratchet , you know , he should have tied it of course . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We all had a good laugh about it , but it was not so funny if you happened to be Keith Fletcher . |
| 4 | The introduction he now regards as ‘ inevitable ’ came in 1965 when a friend — who happened to be chairman of the RSPCA 's Leeds branch — asked him if he liked animals . |
| 5 | Certainly the constant parade of young men calling round for a chat and tea , if there was any , or to take the girls out for the evening were friends who happened to be boys . |
| 6 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The decision by the Whig House of Commons to overturn the election of Samuel Swift in February 1694 to serve as MP for Worcester in favour of the man he had defeated , who happened to be brother-in-law to the Junto chief , Lord Somers , provoked demonstrations in the city , with crowds shouting " A Cheat , A Cheat , A Presbiterian Cheat . |
| 9 | Especially if they happened to be Paris , Venice or Florence . |
| 10 | Incidentally , in such cases identity of interest produced a close symbiosis between the large producers — where they happened to be natives and not themselves foreigners — the great trading houses and compradore interests of the export/import ports , and the policies of the states representing the European markets and suppliers . |
| 11 | The fact that they happened to be sites where nuclear waste was already produced , where there might be a flicker of acceptance from the local population , and appeared to have been chosen more from expediency than science , did n't seem to embarrass the already embattled industry . |
| 12 | ‘ It happened to be Koraloona . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |