Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] happened " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing apparently happened for two months after the Institute 's delegation . |
| 2 | With chains and gags and — dirt — This week , ever so efficiently filing records for this surgeon , I just happened to come across a sixteen-year-old who had his leg off last year — they 're fitting him with an artificial one , it takes months , they 're incredibly slow — and it 's started up for certain now in his other leg , he does n't know , but I know , I know lots of things . |
| 3 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 4 | I knew the sound that I wanted , in my head , and I just happened to find this old AC30 which belonged to a friend of mine . |
| 5 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 6 | I never dreamed there would be this much money , I just happened to come along when everything started to escalate . |
| 7 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 8 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , I 'm really saving it up for when the hotpot comes out of the oven , but I just happened to cast my eye and yes , look … . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 11 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 12 | I just happened to look up and he was back . |
| 13 | ‘ I just happened to discover it last spring , when I was trying to find out more about the d'Urbervilles and noticed your name in the village . ’ |
| 14 | I just happened to feel it because the wounds have n't been healing Doctor , |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 16 | ‘ I just happened to notice it , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |
| 18 | ‘ There must have been about 30 pairs in the drawer but I just happened to pick the one with the money . |
| 19 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 20 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | I just happened to know that Geoffrey was keen to meet you again , and you do seem to be at a loose end at the moment . |
| 23 | I was in the US over the summer ( yes , I just happened to see a couple of the England games ) and it was the same there — ordinary match-going footie fans who like a drink and a bit of crack ( fun , that is ) , and who all supported loads of different teams mixing together happily enough . |
| 24 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 27 | I just happened to have a photograph . |
| 28 | I just happened to pick , I picked the favourite and everyone was going . |
| 29 | I just happened to see these selection of pots no I think there these fancy ones more |
| 30 | I also happened to know that Brabham 's Bernard Ecclestone wanted him badly . |