Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] happen to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 2 | It thus seems likely that the junctions which are recalled may be simply the large congested ones , ones which also happen to be risky . |
| 3 | Products tend to be misplaced or even completely lost or they get in the way but somehow they never happen to be available when wanted . |
| 4 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 5 | But that 's , but that 's what I mean , they 're making , they 're saying let's make , when the white people make films black and white people watch them , they 're not specifically made for white people , not specifically made for black people , it just happens to be white actors . |
| 6 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 7 | In this case it just happens to be true . ’ |
| 8 | It is big — but it also happens to be Japanese , and so presents a juicy target . |
| 9 | But it also happens to be true . |
| 10 | But it also happens to be true . |
| 11 | The evening was deemed a great success — in more ways than one — as , in addition to the excellent dinner and the dancing , it also happened to be Red Nose Day and by fair means and foul the 155 people who attended , plus contributions from the social club , and the company , a total of £270 was raised for Comic Relief . |
| 12 | ( Mager I 962 47 ) In fact the definition of objectives and the evaluation of progress is something which as teachers we do all the tune ; it simply happens to be true that many of us do it very amateurishly and very half-heartedly , indeed we do it badly . |