Example sentences of "it [adv] happen that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It so happens that Couvelaire spends one or two weekends a month in his old family home in Biarritz . |
| 2 | It so happened that Lady Thatcher was , at that very moment , engaged in a nasty altercation with the security men on the door of the Grand Hotel , having , in the excitement , forgotten to wear her conference badge . |
| 3 | It so happened that Hugh was the man who had been producing Tony Newley and he said to me after listening to those tracks that this was the most exciting thing to come into his room since Tony Newley which I thought was quite amazing since , some time later , David was quite infatuated with the work of Newley . |
| 4 | It so happened that directors of the railway company who were house guests overheard this conversation and subsequently asked him if he would appear before the board and tell the story of his journey and travelling companion . |
| 5 | It so happened that Clare and Mark were here tonight , but that was just chance . |
| 6 | It so happened that Hazel had never seen a crow . |
| 7 | The armourers all slept in a long room on the first floor , with J. in a small room to himself at the end , and it so happened that Matthew occupied the corresponding small room immediately underneath on the ground floor . |
| 8 | It so happened that Mr. Allan Levy was appearing before him . |
| 9 | It constantly happens that men with an unbroken record of success and public applause suddenly lay the burden down . |
| 10 | Oh yes , you get that , you get that kind of mimicry , but again you 'd expect it in , in , in both sexes I should think , unless it just happens that males for example normally are bigger and then it 's taken on a , a secondary characteristic which is a possibility . |
| 11 | How did it just happen that Harris could maintain his Offensive despite disastrous occasions like Nuremburg . |
| 12 | While it is not my intention to turn conventional theory on its head , it often happens that theories become accepted facts because people simply repeat them , without anyone ever questioning them . |
| 13 | In consequence , many Members who put their names down will have only ill-formed ideas about what they want and it frequently happens that Bills presented are ill-prepared or misconceived . |
| 14 | The poll asked : ‘ In building roads it sometimes happens that roads have to be built through or across sites of natural beauty or historical interest . |