Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] happened to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop . |
| 5 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |