Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] happened to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Known throughout the army as ‘ le Capucin Botté ’ ( the Fighting Friar ) , in his entourage de Castelnau was always accompanied by his own private chaplain , a Rabelaisian Jesuit who also happened to be his nephew . |
| 32 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 33 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 34 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 35 | This friend of ours who lost his wife last year , well we 've got another friend who was very fond of her she also smokes we just happened to me we did n't say |
| 36 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 39 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 40 | However , Tess began to find that the cows which came to her usually happened to be her favourites . |
| 41 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 42 | It just happened to be the one which caused the glass to become overfilled and which caused the body to begin to signal being under excessive stress . |
| 43 | We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me . |
| 44 | But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’ |
| 45 | And Robert , who was by now learning the basic rule that if anybody said anything interesting it was probably Muhammad , would ask if by any chance it just happened to be a saying of the Prophet , to which the headmaster would reply , his eyes shining , ‘ That 's it ! |
| 46 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 47 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 48 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |
| 49 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 50 | It still happened to other people and all . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | Now , she was n't sure whether she truly loved the Navaho , or whether he simply happened to be the only human being she had contact with . |
| 53 | ‘ It never happened to me , but it has happened before , ’ said the Celtic boss . |
| 54 | It was surely part of her duty to find out what finally happened to the seductive female spread out on the front cover . |
| 55 | Wait till you hear what fucking happened to us on Sunday , |
| 56 | So what exactly happened to young Sarah , who was only 10 or 11 years old at the time ? |
| 57 | But surely what — what just happened to me could n't have done much for you , could it ? ’ |
| 58 | It was n't what usually happened to him after a performance . |
| 59 | WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CARRY ON TEAM ? |
| 60 | What ever happened to dime novels ? |