Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I happened to be the last person of my family there . |
| 2 | It 's work I have some familiarity with because by accident I happened to be the external examiner of the lad who did it , Peter Williamson . |
| 3 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |
| 4 | Paddy made for Dad , who happened to be the only customer standing at the bar counter , awaiting his change . |
| 5 | So we were popular , and courted popularity , because we happened to be the sort of person society preferred , neotenic , forever in the larval stage . |
| 6 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 7 | Suppose , for the sake of argument , it happened to be the case that marriage weakened the power of a priest to influence his flock , say because it occupied a large proportion of his time and attention . |
| 8 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 9 | It happened to be the Conservatives , with an accomplished fixer , William Whitelaw , as responsible Minister . |
| 10 | That this was a part only of a very much broader problem was cheerfully con-ceded from the beginning ; it happened to be the project 's brief and that was that . |
| 11 | Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it . |
| 12 | He was famous simply because he happened to be the Prince of Wales ; and in his darker moments he felt that charities and organizations only wanted him because of his name . |
| 13 | Mine happened to be the only one made up . ’ |
| 14 | I was told that each train which passed us happened to be the one that was taking Tam Mahaddie away to kill the Kaiser and win the war . |