Example sentences of "[conj] it happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would n't have got on to it except it happened to be a post office where the little old lady is careful and takes a note of the numbers of anything over a fiver . |
| 2 | According to author Dr Eve Roman , ‘ it made no difference whether a woman worked on a VDU as part of her general day , whether she just used it occasionally or whether her only contact with a VDU was that it happened to be in the same room ’ . |
| 3 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | After about 9 days at Gary and Kaye 's we moved to Caroline Lock 's ; she has a small flat under the house , and it happened to be vacant for a week . |
| 6 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 7 | So , putting it another way , you do n't agree with the principle of a new settlement , but if it happened to be found elsewhere , other than Hambledon , you 'd let it ride ? |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 10 | But it happened to be true . ’ |
| 11 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |
| 12 | On the prototype a 100VA transformer , which was unnecessarily big , but because it happened to be standing on the shelf , was used . |
| 13 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 14 | For instance , taking a semi-detached house worth £60,000 in Milton Keynes and a semi-detached house also worth £60,000 in Northampton , the household in Northampton would pay £88 more in tax simply because it happened to be across the regional boundary . |
| 15 | Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it . |