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

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1 The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse .
2 He just happened to be there after solving another case .
3 Just happened to be there and he , he , he was telling the meeting that when he 's canvassing , going door to door , he , he knows as soon as walking up the drive whether there 's someone in or not .
4 ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away .
5 I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’
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