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

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1 Yeah I se well I happened to be coming home from school cos I thought there was a the hearse coming and then I watched two mourning cars two flashy great big things !
2 I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke .
3 Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat .
4 Initially I happened to be watching a monitor at the BBC on which was an item about a group of French musicians who played their music on glass tubes .
5 So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop .
6 Before any plank was put into place , MacAlpine and Tom and anyone else who happened to be about held a consultation over it .
7 Her heart was beating wildly as it had for days whenever the telephone bell rang anywhere she happened to be .
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