Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just happen to be the exception . ’ |
| 2 | It thus seems likely that the junctions which are recalled may be simply the large congested ones , ones which also happen to be risky . |
| 3 | This is not because of Finn making jokes ( which he does n't ) , it is from things which actually happen to him which are funny ! |
| 4 | Endless ads have been Green or organic , from the guy who rips his plans up to wreck the countryside and earns himself a beer , to the couple in the deodorant ad who just happen to be frolicking naked in the forest with camouflage make-up . |
| 5 | and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James |
| 6 | But it has become difficult to convince those hypochondriacs who also happen to be cat owners that there is no danger . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | We just happen to be more lucky at laying hands on them than most . |
| 10 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 11 | And they just happen to be two of the best tracks . |
| 12 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They just happen to be transmitted differently . ’ |
| 15 | If they also happen to be living alone , we can make all the difference to the monotony of their existence by arranging to take them out regularly . |
| 16 | Products tend to be misplaced or even completely lost or they get in the way but somehow they never happen to be available when wanted . |
| 17 | If they themselves also happen to be immigrants they can be deported . |