Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] happened to be " in BNC.

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1 Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time .
2 Young Paul happened to be home when she mentioned it , and looked up over his spectacles .
3 Almost certainly the right forefinger , unless Gerry Boden happened to be a southpaw .
4 Unfortunately , PC Dickens happened to be a writer too .
5 ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’
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