Example sentences of "[pers pn] just happen to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just happen to be the exception . ’ |
| 2 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 6 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 7 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 13 | and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 18 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 21 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 22 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 25 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 26 | And they just happen to be two of the best tracks . |
| 27 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 28 | And some of them are good fun pop in their own right they just happen to be done in a foreign language and with different cultural influences . |
| 29 | They just happen to be transmitted differently . ’ |
| 30 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |