Sentence examples of "by accident" in English
I found the secret compartment quite by accident.
Je découvris le compartiment secret tout à fait par accident.
I met my teacher by accident at the restaurant last night.
J'avais rencontré mon professeur par hasard au restaurant la nuit dernière.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.
Le plus grand plaisir que je connaisse, c'est de faire une bonne action discrètement et qu'on la découvre par hasard.
We met them by accident by the bus terminal.
Nous les avons rencontrés par hasard à la gare routière.
If that boy had not been killed in the traffic accident, he would be a college student now.
Si ce garçon n'avait pas été tué dans cet accident, il serait un étudiant universitaire aujourd'hui.
While I was waiting for the bus, I witnessed a traffic accident.
Tandis que j'attendais le bus, j'ai assisté à un accident.
The people crowded round the injured man, but they made way for the doctor when he reached the scene of the accident.
Les gens s'attroupèrent autour du blessé, mais firent place au médecin quand il atteignit le lieu de l'accident.
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