Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] happen to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 3 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 4 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 5 | Somehow she always happened to be in the company of someone , Walter , Emily or Durkin . |
| 6 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 7 | I was received as a thief , a well-mannered rapist , bucketless car-washer , double-glazing runner , not to mention corrupt informant that some of them tiles is loose , Ma 'm , and we just happen to be in the area with a long ladder so why not call it eighty quid ? |
| 8 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 9 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 13 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 14 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 15 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |