Example sentences of "but [pers pn] happened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 2 | Ian was not over-bright , but he happened to be popular with the other boys as he was a good footballer and did quite well at sports generally . |
| 3 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 4 | But it happened to be true . ’ |
| 5 | No one mentioned it was essential training as a motoring correspondent to have a car crash , but it happened to me in the same gruesome circumstances that confront hundreds of motorists every week . |
| 6 | I could tell you my story up until then , but it happened to someone else , an imaginary character . ’ |
| 7 | erm I ca n't roll them off and I do n't know if it applies in all of them , but it happened to me in Italy that erm I was fined on the spot . |