Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent the rest of 20th February , which happened to be my fortieth birthday , taking the girl students back to their homes in and around Rangoon . |
| 2 | ‘ Which happened to be my train , ’ the tall blonde offered uneasily , ‘ already two hours late from Plymouth . ’ |
| 3 | She happened to be my fiancée . |
| 4 | Would a Melanesian who happened to be one 's cousin five times removed be a relation or a foreigner ? |
| 5 | It can not have been easy for an ordinand or a curate to stand up to contemptuous persiflage about his religion from one of the ablest minds of the generation who happened to be his own brother . |
| 6 | But because all the men were supporting Tom all the women was in a vast majority was opposed to him and they 'd vote for anybody , and it happened to be me you see . |
| 7 | It happened to be my birthday — I 've never had or am likely to have a better birthday dinner , I do n't mind being a year older every year for this ! |