Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] happened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 5 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 6 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 7 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 12 | And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out . |
| 13 | Somehow she always happened to be in the company of someone , Walter , Emily or Durkin . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 16 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | oh we just happened to be down town |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed . |
| 21 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 22 | However , Tess began to find that the cows which came to her usually happened to be her favourites . |
| 23 | Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me . |
| 26 | But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’ |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 29 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 30 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |