Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie ! |
| 2 | I happened to be there . |
| 3 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 4 | We got all the details from Peggy , who happened to be there at the time , when she popped down later to the Met Office for a reviving cup of coffee and dash of medicinal brandy . |
| 5 | And loyalist sources on the Shankill say the intention was to kill anyone who happened to be there . |
| 6 | ‘ It happened to be there so I potted it . ’ |