Example sentences of "[pers pn] just happened 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 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 6 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 9 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 10 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |