Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At that time I happened to be running the scheme as a leader and officer in the Stornoway Sea Cadet Corps and the boy 's mother had asked me to attend in her place . |
| 2 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 3 | It was n't purely coincidental that she happened to be carrying the details of previous work experience , for she 'd expected that the secretarial agency might want to see them . |
| 4 | He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition . |
| 5 | He was found by his father , Don who happened to be going the same way . |