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 . |