Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] happened to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Daak was always the same : without reference to the-creed , colour , gender or opinions of whoever happened to be around , he was rude , randy , rebellious and always ready for a fight .
2 The divisions were arbitrary , mainly depending upon who happened to be where when the fighting stopped .
3 These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages .
4 His intention was to show that the interpretation of Scripture was too complex to be left to whoever happened to be reading it .
5 Conversely , where , as in the case of China , sources were remote , the type of jade most commonly used at any particular juncture depended on what happened to be most readily accessible at the time .
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