Example sentences of "happened to be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | A bloke called Adrian happened to be in there as well . |
| 4 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |
| 5 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 6 | George Taylor was collected and he and Mrs Oliver returned to the tobacconists ' to be joined shortly by PC Chandler , an off-duty policeman who happened to be in Higatt 's too . |
| 7 | Somehow she always happened to be in the company of someone , Walter , Emily or Durkin . |
| 8 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 9 | She happened to be in her uniform . |
| 10 | I doubt whether the legend of Dom Pérignon would necessarily have survived to this day but for the fact that the Abbey of Hautvillers , where he devoted his life to the perfection of wine , happened to be in Champagne . |
| 11 | In one such instance , when the party prospectively disadvantaged happened to be in government , the Home Secretary took the extraordinary step of introducing the order and advising his party colleagues in the House to reject it , which they duly did , the stated reasons being the desirability of awaiting the outcome of a local government review then pending . |
| 12 | According to author Dr Eve Roman , ‘ it made no difference whether a woman worked on a VDU as part of her general day , whether she just used it occasionally or whether her only contact with a VDU was that it happened to be in the same room ’ . |
| 13 | So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop . |
| 14 | If you happened to be in Hyde Park on October 21st , you may have seen celebrities like Gloria Hunniford , Lyndsey De Paul , James Coburn and Roger Daltrey with spade in hand in aid of the Prince of Wales Trust ( they 're all devotees of Paul Mitchell products , I 'm sure ! ) . |
| 15 | At the teacher 's suggestion I then found myself colouring some swing tickets at happened to be in my knitting bag and attaching these to a very poor piece of knitting . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a hysterical scene — unless you happened to be in the housing offices at the time . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I happened to be in Annabel 's nightclub last year when a path was opened for Fergie and a man yelled ‘ hi ’ to me and introduced her highness saying ‘ Hey Tak , bow to the Duchess of York and say hello . ’ |
| 18 | Clinton had recently spoken with band members on a national radio phone-in show , but happened to be in Chicago at a campaign stop the same day U2 were playing in town . |
| 19 | It seems that a passer-by had spotted a naked man frolicking on the balcony — who happened to be in the room next door — and somewhere along the line a case of mistaken identity occurred . |
| 20 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 21 | If we were all hay fever prone , then whenever we happened to be in a place where the pollen count was high , our eyes would start streaming and our noses running . |
| 22 | Thornton 's 168-yard hit at Hove in 1876 , verified by historian James Pycroft , who happened to be in the firing-line . |
| 23 | Wheeler happened to be in the office when the call came through . |
| 24 | She happened to be in Waldron at the time of the shooting , came to you and said she was Connie Fraser . |
| 25 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 26 | He was finally restrained by police officers from the Diplomatic Protection Squad , who happened to be in the area , and two doormen from a nearby gambling club . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Three patients , all who happened to be in the Pasteur group were subsequently unavailable . |
| 29 | ‘ They just all happened to be in Washington at the same time . |
| 30 | Russell happened to be in the office and sounded watchful when Dexter explained why Blanche wanted a word with him . |