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

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1 They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time .
2 I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty .
3 She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around .
4 I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night .
5 I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied .
6 I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin .
7 Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on .
8 ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away .
9 I just happened to be in the corridor .
10 The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse .
11 I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’
12 Spooner 's idea came from an invitation by his actor-neighbour , Jim Dale , to visit the set of the latest Carry On … film at Pinewood — which just happened to be Carry On Cleo .
13 Both men had leapt to their feet and had been restrained from using violence by the mates of the shop steward , who just happened to be on hand .
14 BBS seriously considered firing Hopper ; the pressure of moving a production team of twenty-three people from state to state , writing the script on the run and persuading innocent citizens of the United States of America who just happened to be passing at the time to appear in the movie , was a heavy burden for all .
15 ‘ The whole thing has got out of control , I 'm not so much bored as miserable , ’ confided Diana to a sympathetic neighbour who just happened to be a journalist .
16 Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job .
17 Hincmar of Rheims wrote to give orders to a neighbouring count who just happened to be his kinsman : it is not hard to see how an archbishop might refer to the local counts collectively as " his " , or the draftsman of a capitulary write in general terms of " archbishops and their counts " .
18 The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . "
19 And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out .
20 We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’
21 I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub .
22 We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’
23 oh we just happened to be down town
24 Within Christianity bread and wine are sacramental not because they just happened to be on the table for a Jewish meal but because they were signs of the covenant .
25 They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed .
26 They just happened to be in the right place at the right time .
27 Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time .
28 It just happened to be the one which caused the glass to become overfilled and which caused the body to begin to signal being under excessive stress .
29 We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me .
30 But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’
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