Example sentences of "but [pron] happened to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 2 | But one happened to be free for a couple of hours along with the picture editor who cut Nicola 's last report . |
| 3 | Ian was not over-bright , but he happened to be popular with the other boys as he was a good footballer and did quite well at sports generally . |
| 4 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 5 | But it happened to be true . ’ |