Example sentences of "happened to [be] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As a result the peasant gathering ( skhod ) which happened to be scheduled then assembled an unusually high number of villagers . |
| 2 | Beatrice described his assaults in her fluent , showy style , the nights when Modigliani came home drunk : ‘ If I happened to be drunk too , there was a great scene ! |
| 3 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 4 | Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner , totally absorbed in a book . |
| 5 | Poor Jasper happened to be curled up asleep some five feet away at the time and was rudely awakened . |
| 6 | So , putting it another way , you do n't agree with the principle of a new settlement , but if it happened to be found elsewhere , other than Hambledon , you 'd let it ride ? |
| 7 | Lulach was unfortunately simple-minded — probably the only reason he had been allowed to survive , when two other claimants contesting Duncan 's pretensions happened to be murdered just before and after the investiture . |