Example sentences of "[pers pn] happened to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 2 | I happened to be just about the oldest one of the team of them really . |
| 3 | ‘ I happened to be extremely fond of your father ! ’ |
| 4 | Cos I happened to be out on Road , when it happened |
| 5 | He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie ! |
| 6 | I happened to be there . |
| 7 | If you happened to be megafabulously famous way back at the start of the '70s , the problems are literally multiplied twentyfold . |
| 8 | That is , unless you happened to be about to meet them across a conference table . |
| 9 | So if you happened to be out of the house working it was too bad , unless you got a house cleaner to put your name down for you . |
| 10 | His girlfriend , a dealer too , would give him a bored hard look , if she happened to be around . |
| 11 | They had an interest in playing golf together so specifically formed a society giving it the name of the road they happened to be in at the time — Worple Way , Harrow . |
| 12 | ‘ It happened to be there so I potted it . ’ |
| 13 | A transaction with a foreigner who is resident here would be outside the embrace of the legislation if he happened to be abroad , or chose to be abroad , at the time the transaction was effected . |
| 14 | It was n't Morris , it was n't identifiable , even to a keen archaeologist — not unless he happened to be all too well informed about the experts who had interested themselves in Aurae Phiala , and even in their heirs and heiresses , down to herself . |
| 15 | If he happened to be out when Sien came home , the flowers in front of the window by the wicker chair would let her know he had thought of her . |