Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] happened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nylons for the women , Coke for the kids and guns for the men to go on fighting ‘ Germins ’ or ‘ Reds ’ or whoever happened to be next in the firing line , that was William 's grandad 's uncluttered view of world history . |
| 2 | And one day she had this other map , and I do n't know where she got that either , or what happened to it She only showed it me the once , and after that whenever I mentioned it she did n't know what I was talking about It was made of something absolutely rigid but incredibly thin . |
| 3 | We forget the allegorical point of the story ( Babylon engulfing disobedient Israel ) , we do n't much care whether or not Nineveh was saved , or what happened to the regurgitated penitent ; but we remember the whale . |
| 4 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 9 | He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition . |
| 10 | And she happened to be a Christian . |
| 11 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |
| 12 | It was alleged that at first the railway company denied that they had been travelling on the train at all , and it was indeed suggested that the two children were chance victims of the holocaust and they happened to be wandering by the railway at the time . |
| 13 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 14 | But because all the men were supporting Tom all the women was in a vast majority was opposed to him and they 'd vote for anybody , and it happened to be me you see . |
| 15 | After about 9 days at Gary and Kaye 's we moved to Caroline Lock 's ; she has a small flat under the house , and it happened to be vacant for a week . |
| 16 | ‘ With a three-stroke lead it 's almost inevitable that you start to look ahead and it happened to me . ’ |
| 17 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 18 | And what happened to this warning Bernard was supposed to have passed on to Bailey ? ’ |
| 19 | And what happened to the seal ? |
| 20 | Yes that 's right , and what happened to that ? |
| 21 | And what happened to him after that ? |
| 22 | ‘ And what happened to him ? ’ |
| 23 | What connection could there possibly be between him and what happened to Roland so long ago ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And what happened to Lady Eleanor 's possessions ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And what happened to the real nun who left Gascony ? ’ |
| 26 | And what happened to yours , might I ask ? |
| 27 | And that piece of undeniable truth was , perhaps , a mistake , too , for Dr Neil was not so drunk that he did not ask , without a pause , ‘ And what happened to them , McAllister , when you lost your parents and your fortune ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ And what happened to her , in the end ? ’ asks Rainbow sleepily . |
| 29 | ‘ And what happened to these gifts ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And what happened to Tatham 's daughter ? ’ |