Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition . |
| 2 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 3 | It was alleged that at first the railway company denied that they had been travelling on the train at all , and it was indeed suggested that the two children were chance victims of the holocaust and they happened to be wandering by the railway at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | He was exiting the Commons Chamber at the end of Prime Minister 's Question Time and I happened to be walking along the corridor which he was entering . |