Example sentences of "he happen to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A patient , he maintains , should not be expected to change his basic beliefs because the doctor who cured him happened to be an adherent of the Christian religion . |
| 2 | He happens to be a minister and found himself amid considerable grief telling his young family that their dog had gone for a walk with Jesus . |
| 3 | ‘ However — and it is a BUT in capital letters — it 's as deplorable as it 's inevitable that because he happens to be a movie star his actions have drawn a torrent of destructive attention upon the entire industry with a free-for-all splurge in 57 varieties of scandal , malicious tongue-wagging and dirt . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Come to think of it , he happens to be a very nice boy not so young , really . |
| 5 | ‘ I imagine you employed him , ’ she rebuked him tightly , ‘ because he happens to be a first-class mechanic . ’ |
| 6 | Well he happens to be an old flame of Mummy 's . |
| 7 | And if as heir presumptive , he happens to be an angel as well — why should his bride complain ! ’ |
| 8 | When he was a child , an artist visited his school — he happened to be a musician — and left behind him an impression of a man very clearly committed to his chosen subject , and a feeling of passion for doing something you really want to do , that stayed with Paul for years until he finally decided to become a photographer . |
| 9 | He was famous simply because he happened to be the Prince of Wales ; and in his darker moments he felt that charities and organizations only wanted him because of his name . |
| 10 | He happened to be an unusually bright child and his mother had worked hard with him at home on spelling and reading . |