Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] happened to be " in BNC.

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1 They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time .
2 I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty .
3 She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around .
4 I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night .
5 I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied .
6 I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin .
7 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 .
8 ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away .
9 I just happened to be in the corridor .
10 The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse .
11 I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’
12 And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out .
13 Somehow she always happened to be in the company of someone , Walter , Emily or Durkin .
14 We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’
15 I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub .
16 We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’
17 oh we just happened to be down town
18 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 .
19 They just happened to be around after Mass when volunteers were needed .
20 They just happened to be in the right place at the right time .
21 However , Tess began to find that the cows which came to her usually happened to be her favourites .
22 Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time .
23 It just happened to be the one which caused the glass to become overfilled and which caused the body to begin to signal being under excessive stress .
24 We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me .
25 But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’
26 And Robert , who was by now learning the basic rule that if anybody said anything interesting it was probably Muhammad , would ask if by any chance it just happened to be a saying of the Prophet , to which the headmaster would reply , his eyes shining , ‘ That 's it !
27 He just happened to be there after solving another case .
28 He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party .
29 He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’
30 I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’
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