Example sentences of "[adv] happened that [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It so happened that at that time , apparently unknown to the mother , the father had formed an association with another woman , and , as a result , had become the father of that other woman 's child . |
| 2 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 3 | It so happened that on this same 7th of September the inner circle of the royal council was meeting in a small room in Westminster to hear the report of the treasurer , the king 's old and loyal servant Henry Bowet , now bishop of Bath and Wells . |
| 4 | It so happened that about this period the trend was towards vestments on more simple lines . |
| 5 | It so happened that in 1885 a Royal Commission had been set up " to investigate and report upon , the condition of the blind in the United Kingdom , the various systems of education of the blind … the employments open to and suitable for the blind and the means by which education may be extended so as to increase the number of blind persons qualified for such employments . " |