Example sentences of "happened to be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , taking a semi-detached house worth £60,000 in Milton Keynes and a semi-detached house also worth £60,000 in Northampton , the household in Northampton would pay £88 more in tax simply because it happened to be across the regional boundary . |
| 2 | The CO 's office where he was learning the job of Assistant Adjutant happened to be on the first floor of an empty house in Cadogan Gardens . |
| 3 | There was an especially rapid growth of the textile industry in these towns which happened to be on the coalfield where the cost of transporting fuel was small . |
| 4 | Within Christianity bread and wine are sacramental not because they just happened to be on the table for a Jewish meal but because they were signs of the covenant . |
| 5 | But back to Bodytalk , whose convention happened to be at the Metropole , next to Labour 's conference hotel . |
| 6 | ‘ We happened to be at the mortuary … not that it will make any difference , but there is one thing we thought you would find interesting . ’ |
| 7 | raised the curiosity of some ladies , who happened to be at the Castle in May 1782 , to examine the ruined Chapel , and observing a large block of alabaster , fixed in the North wall of the Chapel , they imagined it might be the back of a monument formerly placed there . |
| 8 | The answer is : those that happened to be at the top of Craig 's sub-parcel . |
| 9 | I was merely making a boring journey by river and Luxor happened to be at the end of it . ’ |
| 10 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 11 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |
| 12 | Somehow she always happened to be in the company of someone , Walter , Emily or Durkin . |
| 13 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 14 | According to author Dr Eve Roman , ‘ it made no difference whether a woman worked on a VDU as part of her general day , whether she just used it occasionally or whether her only contact with a VDU was that it happened to be in the same room ’ . |
| 15 | So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a hysterical scene — unless you happened to be in the housing offices at the time . ’ |
| 17 | It seems that a passer-by had spotted a naked man frolicking on the balcony — who happened to be in the room next door — and somewhere along the line a case of mistaken identity occurred . |
| 18 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 19 | Thornton 's 168-yard hit at Hove in 1876 , verified by historian James Pycroft , who happened to be in the firing-line . |
| 20 | Wheeler happened to be in the office when the call came through . |
| 21 | He was finally restrained by police officers from the Diplomatic Protection Squad , who happened to be in the area , and two doormen from a nearby gambling club . |
| 22 | Three patients , all who happened to be in the Pasteur group were subsequently unavailable . |
| 23 | Russell happened to be in the office and sounded watchful when Dexter explained why Blanche wanted a word with him . |
| 24 | Alternatively one could simply say the seats were actually all taken , and that all three occupants happened to be in the toilet at the time . |
| 25 | ‘ We happened to be in the same place at the same time a couple of months ago , ’ she replied , terse and offhand . |
| 26 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 27 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 28 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 29 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I happened to be in the UK , ’ he said briskly , ‘ so I thought I 'd drop by and see how you were doing . |