Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] happened [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man could not become completely impoverished , but it only rarely happened that anyone grew rich . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It just so happened that he , you know , he was alright , and the car was a right-off . |
| 5 | It hardly ever happened that someone said something she identified with . |