Example sentences of "she happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spent more and more time off her eggs , parading about the yard , cackling as if demented and taking sudden rushes in whatever direction she happened to be facing when each fit of frenzy overcame her . |
| 2 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 3 | Her heart was beating wildly as it had for days whenever the telephone bell rang anywhere she happened to be . |
| 4 | It proved a disastrous union — ‘ Salo ’ , the inferior player , became brutally jealous of his wife 's game , and accused her of flirting with whomever she happened to be playing . |
| 5 | She happened to be in her uniform . |
| 6 | His girlfriend , a dealer too , would give him a bored hard look , if she happened to be around . |
| 7 | She happened to be a staunch Methodist and that at least offered me some welcome continuity . |
| 8 | She happened to be in Waldron at the time of the shooting , came to you and said she was Connie Fraser . |
| 9 | Madeleine was his sole reason for wanting to return to England — although naturally he 'd love to see Alice if she happened to be in London . |
| 10 | And she happened to be a Christian . |
| 11 | She happened to be my fiancée . |
| 12 | She would n't mention the boy who 'd made trouble unless for some reason she happened to be asked about him , and she felt she would not be . |
| 13 | But , pushing him aside , she gathered her cloak around her , made so bravely from those two old plush tablecloths , and began to walk downhill — the direction she happened to be facing — until she came to St Jude 's churchyard where she sat on a gravestone , her head in her hands , and shivered . |
| 14 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 15 | It was n't purely coincidental that she happened to be carrying the details of previous work experience , for she 'd expected that the secretarial agency might want to see them . |
| 16 | But this was achieved only because she happened to be a good listener , and , after a few leading questions about his earlier life in the high , mountainous country of the South Island , he talked almost non-stop . |
| 17 | He ran both hands up into the roots of her hair , which she happened to be wearing down , and tried to plant a kiss on her forehead . |
| 18 | And did he have to flaunt his sexual prowess with her as well , just because she happened to be female , and happened to be there ? |