Example sentences of "[adv] happen to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With Jimmy just happening to be there ? ’ |
| 2 | When these result in avoidable death , and they do , then it could be anyone who just happens to be there — employees , consumers , ordinary citizens . |
| 3 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 4 | As with the intertidal communities , coral reefs flourish in regions that just happen to be especially favoured . |
| 5 | The bombardier beetle 's ancestors simply pressed into different service chemicals that already happened to be around . |
| 6 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 7 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 8 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 9 | The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse . |
| 10 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 11 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 12 | Just happened to be there and he , he , he was telling the meeting that when he 's canvassing , going door to door , he , he knows as soon as walking up the drive whether there 's someone in or not . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 14 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 15 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 16 | And er we were on that for about an hour or so and then they got rid of the the badly injured were taken off then and put on the Therris it 's support vessel that was Just happened to be there at the time . |
| 17 | Frederick Campbell , when District Judge at Tangalla , also noted that cattle stealing prosecutions were identical : ‘ For example , no two parties ever happen to be together , and witness the removal of a stolen animal , one sees the removal at one , and another at another place , whilst a third sees the removal of the flesh . ’ |
| 18 | Moreover , if the moral judgment which we require to make is one which involves our own personal interest we might reasonably look to the relevant law as representing a less partial view of the matter than our own ; for , without attributing to the law a non-partisan impartiality at variance with most available knowledge about the actual political and legal processes , it might still happen to be less partial and more informed than we are when making judgments about cases which affect us closely . |
| 19 | The wedge also happens to be erotically fashionable at this time . |
| 20 | It also happens to be how David , who is from Wallasey , started his career . |
| 21 | JC : It also happens to be very difficult to sing . |
| 22 | We just do n't happen to be together at the moment . |