Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | More money may yet be found , but so complex is the investigation that what really happened to all of the cash may never be discovered . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd like to feel safe in the knowledge that whatever else happens to music , people will just keep listening . |
| 4 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James |
| 7 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 8 | I was received as a thief , a well-mannered rapist , bucketless car-washer , double-glazing runner , not to mention corrupt informant that some of them tiles is loose , Ma 'm , and we just happen to be in the area with a long ladder so why not call it eighty quid ? |
| 9 | And they just happen to be two of the best tracks . |
| 10 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 11 | If they also happen to be living alone , we can make all the difference to the monotony of their existence by arranging to take them out regularly . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | It 's the kind of thing you do n't think of until it actually happens to you . |
| 14 | When you do this what you will see in the cell is either a 0 ( meaning False ) if what is actually in B10 is n't Bach or 1 ( meaning True ) if it just happens to be Bach . |
| 15 | But that 's easier said than done , and you will be lucky indeed if it never happens to you . |
| 16 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 17 | At one point we read Pip 's story and what actually happens to him that day and then the older Pip reflects on the younger Pip 's actions . |
| 18 | ‘ If anything else happens to me , ’ he murmured , wetting his lips , ‘ look round my house . |
| 19 | She made me promise to destroy them , ‘ if anything ever happens to me ’ , she said . |
| 20 | Robin and Jenny were the ones who had adventures , fell walking or sailing on the lake , always coming home with hair-raising stories ; but nothing ever happened to Ruth . |
| 21 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 22 | Crofting made its impact when we moved house from one of the quiet streets , in the middle of the town , to the road which was planned by a wealthy proprietor as an elegant tree-lined approach to Lews Castle , but which also happened to be the shortest route between a dozen crofting villages , lying to the east of the town , and their 19,000 acres of general common pasture which lay to the west . |
| 23 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 24 | It is big — but it also happens to be Japanese , and so presents a juicy target . |
| 25 | But it also happens to be true . |
| 26 | But it also happens to be true . |
| 27 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 28 | But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’ |
| 29 | But what exactly happens to your body during this exhausting festive assault ? |
| 30 | ‘ Pardon me asking , sir , but what ever happened to your pilot 's licence ? ’ |