chanced upon

Wandering in the garden one day, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolors.

One day when he was wandering in the garden, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolours.

when he chanced upon a fine human creature, he suddenly wished himself a man having a family.

then he chanced upon kiplings poems , and was swept away by the lilt and swing and glamour with which familiar things had been invested.

I was ready to give it as a gift for my school in Beijing when I chanced upon the following story.

I chanced upon a website with a green and red flag that I'd never seen before, and thought it was about another country.

Some months before he had chanced upon a stray copy of Mr. Pope's ingenious translation of the Iliad.

One day, I chanced upon one of those men who live habitually on intimate terms with the most notorious courtesans. I questioned him.

He chanced upon a volume of Swinburne and began reading steadily, forgetful of where he was, his face glowing.

A few years later, while in New York, he chanced upon a pizza shop called Giordano.

Astronomer Art Hoag first asked this question when he chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object.

But in down-to-earth William and nice, middle-class Kate, maybe the monarchy has chanced upon a marriage that can help it reinvent itself.

I chanced upon the book in a small bookstore.

We chanced upon him in the park yesterday.

I chanced upon an old schoolmate in the street yesterday.

One day he chanced upon Emma's diary and began reading it.

I was looking for the book I wanted, and chanced upon another with the same title.

I chanced upon this old photograph in the back of the drawer.

She chanced upon Hugh in a restaurant in Paris.

That way, if an electrical storm comes up or a beehive is chanced upon, it will be the florist who is rushed to Mount Sinai.

on our vacation we chanced upon an interesting antique store

She chanced upon a robot tall