Example sentences of "[noun prp] happened to be " in BNC.

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1 Ruth happened to be passing , and Connor stopped her , introducing the young man .
2 Wheeler happened to be in the office when the call came through .
3 The press had been given nothing but ‘ blurry , distorted photographs culled from television shots of occasions in the past at which North happened to be present ’ ; at best , ABC News had shown ‘ pictures of the back of a man 's head that may or may not have been North 's as the man got into an Embassy car in Cyprus on the occasion of the homeward flight of one of the hostages ’ .
4 Almost certainly the right forefinger , unless Gerry Boden happened to be a southpaw .
5 I was merely making a boring journey by river and Luxor happened to be at the end of it . ’
6 Bristol and Coventry happened to be playing against each other .
7 Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner , totally absorbed in a book .
8 Everyone thought there 'd be a roar of ribald laughter at that line if Puck happened to be hopping around the stage in plaster at the time . ’
9 Unfortunately , PC Dickens happened to be a writer too .
10 Both also gave prominence to the fact that Blanche happened to be at TV London at the time of the murder and had taken charge of the case .
11 He could believe some drunken classics student had run amok with a spray-can , but not that he had chanced to write two words of no classical significance beneath the window of the room where Harry happened to be staying .
12 Damned good luck that Calder happened to be available this morning , was n't it ? ’
13 Then , on one occasion , Malcolm happened to be around when they came in .
14 McCann happened to be at home in Derry on a visit when he was invited to take part in a DHAC demonstration .
15 Midge happened to be standing next to them in the shop where they got the bum 's rush .
16 Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time .
17 Sometimes she thought that things went much better when Liza happened to be out of the room and she was alone with John .
18 ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’
19 Young Paul happened to be home when she mentioned it , and looked up over his spectacles .
20 Yanto realised he might well have to make a special journey to pick up the old man if Julie happened to be out .
21 Hoomey happened to be standing on the grass , thinking he was well out of it , saw the horse 's great gobbling mouth advancing towards his ankles and leapt back , swallowing his chewing-gum .
22 Boulton happened to be a creditor of Roebuck and to cover the debt he agreed to take Roebuck 's two-thirds share of Watt 's patent .
23 Russell happened to be in the office and sounded watchful when Dexter explained why Blanche wanted a word with him .
24 A bloke called Adrian happened to be in there as well .
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