Example sentences of "[noun sg] happen to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bribes to officials are part of the culture of some areas of the world ( and therefore necessary to obtain business ) , yet US citizens are forbidden by law to offer bribes to officials of foreign governments , no matter where in the world the citizen happens to be at the time . |
| 2 | The ‘ w ’ key happens to be beside the ‘ e ’ key and my finger happening to have struck it once , then struck it once more . |
| 3 | The ions in water and blood happen to be in the critical mass range . |
| 4 | What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time . |
| 5 | After the wedding , they were taken for breakfast to the house of the officiating priest which by curious coincidence happened to be to Kensington Church Walk , where Ezra Pound had lived many years before . |
| 6 | But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there . |
| 7 | Whatever the price happens to be at a given time , and this can vary dramatically , it will be a price worth paying for some and not for others . |
| 8 | Should my hon. Friend happen to be in the Cleveland area , I strongly urge her to go to the South Cleveland hospital to see the excellent work being undertaken there with a bone densitometer . |
| 9 | I suppose no other curate happened to be in poor health at that time . ’ |
| 10 | The comment happens to be about the writer 's home station , but much of it might equally apply to numerous others . |
| 11 | The CO 's office where he was learning the job of Assistant Adjutant happened to be on the first floor of an empty house in Cadogan Gardens . |
| 12 | Lucy went on , ‘ The only king-sized bed happens to be in Silas 's room . |
| 13 | And of course what I want to know most of all is why Paul 's number plate happened to be in Lord Cumbermound 's stable . ’ |
| 14 | Sending up eternal thanks to whatever deity happened to be in residence , she turned into the lane , which probably in sunlight , or at least daylight , was pretty , but which in the car 's headlights looked waterlogged , thankfully parked , stretched her cramped muscles , dragged on her hat , and got out . |
| 15 | A Fishguard smuggler whose ship happened to be at anchor there opened fire with his single cannon , and another gun was dragged to the edge of the cliff and joined in . |
| 16 | It has some fine Renaissance ceilings on the second floor although these are under lock and key and can not be seen unless the keyholder happens to be in the museum that day . |
| 17 | But back to Bodytalk , whose convention happened to be at the Metropole , next to Labour 's conference hotel . |
| 18 | If your current interest happens to be in childhood in literature , this catalogue is an interesting place to browse . |