Example sentences of "[noun prp] happened to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth happened to be passing , and Connor stopped her , introducing the young man . |
| 2 | Bristol and Coventry happened to be playing against each other . |
| 3 | Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner , totally absorbed in a book . |
| 4 | Everyone thought there 'd be a roar of ribald laughter at that line if Puck happened to be hopping around the stage in plaster at the time . ’ |
| 5 | He could believe some drunken classics student had run amok with a spray-can , but not that he had chanced to write two words of no classical significance beneath the window of the room where Harry happened to be staying . |
| 6 | Midge happened to be standing next to them in the shop where they got the bum 's rush . |
| 7 | Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | Hoomey happened to be standing on the grass , thinking he was well out of it , saw the horse 's great gobbling mouth advancing towards his ankles and leapt back , swallowing his chewing-gum . |