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

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1 Is that what it is– ’ Or if I was to see the doctor and my girlfriend happened to be seeing the doctor as well , this was just an excuse , according to them , for us to be together .
2 ‘ It would cause endless difficulties if their decision happened to be misplaced , dozy or ill thought-out . ’
3 The church had been chosen simply because its priest happened to be a friend of Eliot 's solicitor , who was also " best man " .
4 The press had been given nothing but ‘ blurry , distorted photographs culled from television shots of occasions in the past at which North happened to be present ’ ; at best , ABC News had shown ‘ pictures of the back of a man 's head that may or may not have been North 's as the man got into an Embassy car in Cyprus on the occasion of the homeward flight of one of the hostages ’ .
5 On his deathbed at Pentecost 337 he was baptized by a bishop whose sympathies happened to be Arian ; much later legend made Pope Silvester bestow the lifegiving baptismal water .
6 A Fishguard smuggler whose ship happened to be at anchor there opened fire with his single cannon , and another gun was dragged to the edge of the cliff and joined in .
7 But back to Bodytalk , whose convention happened to be at the Metropole , next to Labour 's conference hotel .
8 Hoomey , in the next desk , was yawning , having sat up late to watch the horror film , and had a comic open on his desk which he was reading whenever his eyes happened to be open .
9 The ringing in his ears happened to be a bare half tone below the key in which he hummed music to himself .
10 Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment .
11 His father happened to be passing , shortly after the attack , but when he went to help , he did n't recognise his own son .
12 And then they 'd throw you to whatever man happened to be passing for the money you 'd earn for them . ’
13 Sending up eternal thanks to whatever deity happened to be in residence , she turned into the lane , which probably in sunlight , or at least daylight , was pretty , but which in the car 's headlights looked waterlogged , thankfully parked , stretched her cramped muscles , dragged on her hat , and got out .
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