Example sentences of "[adv] happened to be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The auto industry just happened to be a convenient sector in which to show his determination to change ( Doner , 1987 ; Oman , 1989 : pp. 164–166 ) . |
| 2 | We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me . |
| 3 | Unbeknown to Mark , one of the titled politicians present also happened to be an international banker and financial advisor to several US corporations . |
| 4 | Crofting made its impact when we moved house from one of the quiet streets , in the middle of the town , to the road which was planned by a wealthy proprietor as an elegant tree-lined approach to Lews Castle , but which also happened to be the shortest route between a dozen crofting villages , lying to the east of the town , and their 19,000 acres of general common pasture which lay to the west . |
| 5 | Now , she was n't sure whether she truly loved the Navaho , or whether he simply happened to be the only human being she had contact with . |
| 6 | By chance there happened to be a 12 year-old MkII Boogie combo in the Guitarist studio with just such a loop . |