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

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1 Anything could have sparked the riots , it just happened to be the injustice of Rodney King 's trial that triggered it this time .
2 It just happened to be the one which caused the glass to become overfilled and which caused the body to begin to signal being under excessive stress .
3 We made love , it just happened to be the first time for me .
4 But it just happened to be her best friend 's birthday and she was invited to a special birthday tea and to stay overnight . ’
5 And Robert , who was by now learning the basic rule that if anybody said anything interesting it was probably Muhammad , would ask if by any chance it just happened to be a saying of the Prophet , to which the headmaster would reply , his eyes shining , ‘ That 's it !
6 The evening was deemed a great success — in more ways than one — as , in addition to the excellent dinner and the dancing , it also happened to be Red Nose Day and by fair means and foul the 155 people who attended , plus contributions from the social club , and the company , a total of £270 was raised for Comic Relief .
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