Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] just happen to be " 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 They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time .
3 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 .
4 and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James
5 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 . ’
6 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 ?
7 And they just happen to be two of the best tracks .
8 And they just happen to be attached to a saint !
9 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 . ’
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others .
13 I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear .
14 But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’
15 Within Christianity bread and wine are sacramental not because they just happened to be on the table for a Jewish meal but because they were signs of the covenant .
16 And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out .
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