Example sentences of "it [adv] [adv] happen that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man could not become completely impoverished , but it only rarely happened that anyone grew rich . ’ |
| 2 | Because it so rarely happens that we all treasure it when it does . |
| 3 | It just so happens that Irish national — popular consciousness interprets the presence of the British state in Ireland as a form of aggression and hence feel justified in repelling the British from Ireland . |
| 4 | It just so happens that Berlin has expressed interest in a loan show . |
| 5 | And it just so happens that I mentioned to one of my doormen that particular night that I could do with one of those machines to keep a careful check on my blood pressure . |
| 6 | It just so happens that some people get taught or pick up techniques without too much problem ( because of circumstances and the people they interact with and learn from ) but some individuals simply do not get exposed to the right experiences to learn these things in quite the same way . |
| 7 | But it just so happens that the Alu family is particularly well equipped to spread by this route . |
| 8 | It just so happens that a framed photograph of Clarence Winchester in his 50hp Caudron biplane at Hendon circa 1915 adorns the Collectair office wall ! |
| 9 | It just so happens that for the past sixty years it has been . |
| 10 | It just so happens that if multiply this term by X plus two you get rid of the X plus two at the bottom do n't you ? |
| 11 | It just so happens that Paul had to make his visit there before going on to be decapitated somewhere else . |
| 12 | He does n't mean anything by it — it just so happens that he inflicts his pent-up frustrations on the person nearest to hand . |
| 13 | It just so happens that , before I came to this debate this morning , I was flicking through a pile of press cuttings when I came across one from The Journal ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) , a north-eastern regional newspaper . |
| 14 | It just so happens that this region includes the heartland of Charles the Bald 's kingdom . |
| 15 | ‘ It just so happens that I am . ’ |
| 16 | He was going to leave it tonight it just so happens that I 'm courting tonight |
| 17 | It just so happened that in Axelrod 's original tournament about half the entries were nice . |
| 18 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 19 | ‘ It just so happened that the Rachel killing was at that time . ’ |
| 20 | They seldom leave their home state of California : it just so happened that both were attending an international conference in Rome . |
| 21 | Although President Nixon may have come to the White House committed to ending the war in Vietnam , it just so happened that his way of ending it was to escalate it . |
| 22 | Which in itself was no lie , but it just so happened that she 'd never been allowed to join the other children in such frivolous pastimes , she reflected with a touch of resentment . |
| 23 | It just so happened that he , you know , he was alright , and the car was a right-off . |
| 24 | It just so happened that Geoff Mitchell , the PE master at Eaglescliffe , coached the decathlon at Middlesbrough and Cleveland Harriers . |
| 25 | It hardly ever happened that someone said something she identified with . |
| 26 | It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be . |
| 27 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 28 | On the other hand , where maggots are regularly fed into the water in swims which bream frequent , it very often happens that they take over completely and all other baits , including bread , are ignored almost entirely . |
| 29 | An official report stated that ‘ it too frequently happens that one cow will cause a furious stampede of bulls of all ages , the pursued animal suffering severe injuries in the protracted chase . ’ |