Example sentences of "[pron] just [vb past] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 2 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 4 | The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse . |
| 5 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 6 | It was about elderly people I just wanted to be properly cared for . |
| 7 | I just wanted to come to you , to make a little space around you , I do n't want to discuss anything , I do n't want to do anything , I wo n't say anything , I just wanted to be there , I mean here . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there . |
| 9 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 10 | They just had to be there and play well and perform well . |
| 11 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 12 | It just had to be upfront and radical . |
| 13 | McEnroe was philosophical : ‘ It just got to be too long where I had n't won the big one . |
| 14 | Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there . |
| 15 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |