Example sentences of "[noun prp] happen to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wheeler happened to be in the office when the call came through . |
| 2 | I was merely making a boring journey by river and Luxor happened to be at the end of it . ’ |
| 3 | Both also gave prominence to the fact that Blanche happened to be at TV London at the time of the murder and had taken charge of the case . |
| 4 | ‘ As you 're well aware , Kirsty happens to be in my interim custody . |
| 5 | McCann happened to be at home in Derry on a visit when he was invited to take part in a DHAC demonstration . |
| 6 | They in turn , have consultants in Japan , erm , in Europe , and in the United States , and their particular consultant in America happens to be in Pittsburg , run by this chap called Simon who , by the way we feel is , is very effective and very good at his job . |
| 7 | Russell happened to be in the office and sounded watchful when Dexter explained why Blanche wanted a word with him . |
| 8 | A bloke called Adrian happened to be in there as well . |