Example sentences of "also happened to be " in BNC.

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1 We first met him at an elegant hotel in the ‘ uptown ’ district of Manhattan , New York , overlooking Central park , a watering place well known to artists ( Joe Cocker also happened to be in residence at the time ) .
2 She broke into films in 1933 , when MGM advertised for ‘ tall girls in bathing suits ’ , and made her movie debut in the chorus in Dancing Lady , which also happened to be Fred Astaire 's first film .
3 Unbeknown to Mark , one of the titled politicians present also happened to be an international banker and financial advisor to several US corporations .
4 Crofting made its impact when we moved house from one of the quiet streets , in the middle of the town , to the road which was planned by a wealthy proprietor as an elegant tree-lined approach to Lews Castle , but which also happened to be the shortest route between a dozen crofting villages , lying to the east of the town , and their 19,000 acres of general common pasture which lay to the west .
5 Michael had been sent this manuscript by another of his clients , the writer and broadcaster Bryan Magee , who also happened to be Cooper 's MP .
6 It was by chance and with the support of a visiting teacher of drawing who also happened to be a lecturer at Goldsmiths College that I succeeded in getting a place at art school , the first and last totally blind student to have ever done so in Britain .
7 The two counties also happened to be playing a 2nd XI match at Stratford , where Cranmer made both his first and last appearance as a Warwickshire 2nd XI player .
8 He had fought the Japanese and also happened to be Communist .
9 ‘ It was the day before my estimated delivery date , which also happened to be one of the children 's birthdays and half-term holidays , so I was very busy .
10 The evening was deemed a great success — in more ways than one — as , in addition to the excellent dinner and the dancing , it also happened to be Red Nose Day and by fair means and foul the 155 people who attended , plus contributions from the social club , and the company , a total of £270 was raised for Comic Relief .
11 Known throughout the army as ‘ le Capucin Botté ’ ( the Fighting Friar ) , in his entourage de Castelnau was always accompanied by his own private chaplain , a Rabelaisian Jesuit who also happened to be his nephew .
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