Example sentences of "i [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as luck would have it , I just happen to have a list of apparently germane truths which I have been maturing during the last month or so , after being worsted in various conversations . |
| 2 | ‘ I just happen to be the exception . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm neither a salivating cheque-signer ( how could I be ? ) , nor an orchidectomised walker ; I just happen to know that my eye , my sense of colour , my nous about fabric are all superior to those of both Stuart and Gillian combined . |
| 4 | And I just happen to have with me |
| 5 | And , when I 've dealt with the doll , I 'm going to collect some nice wafer biscuits I just happen to have remembered the location of . |
| 6 | ‘ And I just happen to have her long sky-blue evening skirt , that needed the seam stitched . |
| 7 | ‘ I just happen to believe in waiting till after marriage . |
| 8 | Which I just happen to have with me somewhere in here . |
| 9 | ‘ I just happen to have two tickets to the American Ballet Theatre tonight , ’ Guy said , reflectively . |
| 10 | I just happen to see the |
| 11 | With chains and gags and — dirt — This week , ever so efficiently filing records for this surgeon , I just happened to come across a sixteen-year-old who had his leg off last year — they 're fitting him with an artificial one , it takes months , they 're incredibly slow — and it 's started up for certain now in his other leg , he does n't know , but I know , I know lots of things . |
| 12 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 13 | I knew the sound that I wanted , in my head , and I just happened to find this old AC30 which belonged to a friend of mine . |
| 14 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 15 | I never dreamed there would be this much money , I just happened to come along when everything started to escalate . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course , I 'm really saving it up for when the hotpot comes out of the oven , but I just happened to cast my eye and yes , look … . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 20 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 21 | I just happened to look up and he was back . |
| 22 | ‘ I just happened to discover it last spring , when I was trying to find out more about the d'Urbervilles and noticed your name in the village . ’ |
| 23 | I just happened to feel it because the wounds have n't been healing Doctor , |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 25 | ‘ I just happened to notice it , that 's all . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |
| 27 | ‘ There must have been about 30 pairs in the drawer but I just happened to pick the one with the money . |
| 28 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |