Example sentences of "[conj] i happened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A piece of land where I happened to be born . |
| 2 | It 's just that I happened to . |
| 3 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 4 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 5 | He was exiting the Commons Chamber at the end of Prime Minister 's Question Time and I happened to be walking along the corridor which he was entering . |
| 6 | That 's not too bad actually except the day the young men loaded it back onto the trailer when we 'd finished and it was one of these corners , and I happened to be muggins on the corner where that lever was , and he had n't tied it , it was only in the ratchet , you know , he should have tied it of course . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie ! |
| 9 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 10 | Cos I happened to be out on Road , when it happened |
| 11 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 12 | Because I happened to be fluent in French , I was promoted 11 months later to loan officer and assigned to the French-speaking Arab countries of North Africa , where I made my first international calls . |
| 13 | I was confusing those regulations with some others , because I happened to be dealing with the lack of adequate time for the disability working regulations . |
| 14 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 15 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |