Example sentences of "[det] [noun] happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This evening happened to be a mixing of some particularly important business with just a little pleasure . |
| 2 | Bishop Farquhar said that it was a matter of history which part of that circle happened to be passing by as it cut through the life of the Edwards family . |
| 3 | The train at that moment happened to be rushing through a small country station and the boy , looking out , saw the stuff hit a porter smack in the face . |
| 4 | After August 1939 it was no longer possible to have complete faith in a nation state which collaborated for whatever reason with fascism , even if that state happened to be the Soviet Union itself . |
| 5 | This was in the early 30's when the economic war between England and the Republic was at its height and representatives of both governments happened to be attending the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa . |