Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] happened to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time . |
| 2 | As a matter of fact , however , the Bristol-Coventry game happened to be running five minutes late . |
| 3 | Young Paul happened to be home when she mentioned it , and looked up over his spectacles . |
| 4 | Almost certainly the right forefinger , unless Gerry Boden happened to be a southpaw . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , PC Dickens happened to be a writer too . |
| 6 | ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’ |