Example sentences of "[pron] happened to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Storm Jameson , a woman novelist active in the peace movement , later recalled : ‘ For some years after 1933 I lived in equivocal amity with pacifists and combative supporters of the League of Nations , adjusting my feelings , in good and bad faith , to the person I happened to be with . |
| 2 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |
| 3 | I happened to be on duty at Thorn House while she was there . |
| 4 | At the weekend , I happened to be on a panel in a Welsh phone-in along with Wayne Shelford , Brian Price and Phil Bennett . |
| 5 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 6 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 9 | I happened to be in Berthing again — cousin of mine lives there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I happened to be in the UK , ’ he said briskly , ‘ so I thought I 'd drop by and see how you were doing . |
| 12 | ‘ I happened to be in London on business when my second-in-command rang to let me know the news . |
| 13 | There was an especially rapid growth of the textile industry in these towns which happened to be on the coalfield where the cost of transporting fuel was small . |
| 14 | What they did at a branch on our district erm , again it was just like set up , people were given specific tasks , but at the end of the three month cycle , they 'd change some people , er , those people 's tasks so that they , so they would n't get stagnant , and plus , if one person was off , if you happened to be on holiday , you 've got somebody else that can do the job at the standard and not let the standard fall . |
| 15 | 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 ! ) . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a hysterical scene — unless you happened to be in the housing offices at the time . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | Unless , Robbie — testing potatoes with a fork — thought darkly , unless you happened to be in love with the person sharing your confinement . |
| 19 | And , ’ he went on , before Marc could interrupt , ‘ you happened to be in Paris when I came over for them . |
| 20 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 21 | She happened to be in her uniform . |
| 22 | She happened to be in Waldron at the time of the shooting , came to you and said she was Connie Fraser . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 25 | Generally , they were the cast-offs of two children in the house who happened to be about her own age , and this could mean a pretty frock coming her way , but only if , Mrs Aggie said , she kept her nose clean . |
| 26 | raised the curiosity of some ladies , who happened to be at the Castle in May 1782 , to examine the ruined Chapel , and observing a large block of alabaster , fixed in the North wall of the Chapel , they imagined it might be the back of a monument formerly placed there . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Thornton 's 168-yard hit at Hove in 1876 , verified by historian James Pycroft , who happened to be in the firing-line . |