Example sentences of "[pron] 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 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 5 | I happened to be in Berthing again — cousin of mine lives there . |
| 6 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I happened to be in the UK , ’ he said briskly , ‘ so I thought I 'd drop by and see how you were doing . |
| 8 | ‘ I happened to be in London on business when my second-in-command rang to let me know the news . |
| 9 | 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 ! ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a hysterical scene — unless you happened to be in the housing offices at the time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 12 | Unless , Robbie — testing potatoes with a fork — thought darkly , unless you happened to be in love with the person sharing your confinement . |
| 13 | And , ’ he went on , before Marc could interrupt , ‘ you happened to be in Paris when I came over for them . |
| 14 | She happened to be in her uniform . |
| 15 | She happened to be in Waldron at the time of the shooting , came to you and said she was Connie Fraser . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop . |
| 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 | Thornton 's 168-yard hit at Hove in 1876 , verified by historian James Pycroft , who happened to be in the firing-line . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Three patients , all who happened to be in the Pasteur group were subsequently unavailable . |
| 23 | LOYALIST gunmen were ordered to kill anyone who happened to be in a particular house attacked in Belfast last week . |
| 24 | Hundreds of people were arrested and imprisoned , or summarily executed , because their ideas or sympathies were considered " wrong " by those who happened to be in local control . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm calling a friend who happened to be in London with me , ’ he drawled coolly . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ We happened to be in the same place at the same time a couple of months ago , ’ she replied , terse and offhand . |
| 28 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |