Example sentences of "[adv] happened [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applecross just happened to be central when Xenly was divided and so became the only building to be shared by each community . |
| 2 | This continent seems to have been created by Augustus Le Plongeon for his 1896 novel Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphynx , which he claimed was based on original Mayan writings — which writings , of course , just happened to be unavailable to other scholars . |
| 3 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 4 | " Yon " just happened to be three WAAFs toiling up the brae each with a kit bag . |
| 5 | ‘ It was the day before my estimated delivery date , which also happened to be one of the children 's birthdays and half-term holidays , so I was very busy . |
| 6 | He had fought the Japanese and also happened to be Communist . |
| 7 | The evening was deemed a great success — in more ways than one — as , in addition to the excellent dinner and the dancing , it also happened to be Red Nose Day and by fair means and foul the 155 people who attended , plus contributions from the social club , and the company , a total of £270 was raised for Comic Relief . |
| 8 | Now it was apparently neither here nor there that the two even happened to be present . |