I just happened to chance upon this excellent restaurant down by the river. The food is superb.We were exploring a small Kentucky town when we chanced on an old man who turned out to be my great-uncle.

Bill did better in school after he found himself.John tried a number of different jobs. He finally found himself when he became a cook.

I happened on this nice little restaurant on Elm Street yesterday.Mr. Simpson and I happened on one another in the bank last week.

Sally tried a number of different jobs until she hit pay dirt.I tried to borrow money from a lot of different people. They all said no. Then when I went to the bank, I hit pay dirt.

Ann hit on the idea of baking lots of bread and freezing it.John hit upon a new way of planting corn.

The police are onto John’s plot.Yes, they are onto him, and they are onto the plot.

The young journalist raked up the old scandal about the senator.The politician's opponents are trying to rake up some unpleasant details about his past.

I stumbled across an interesting book yesterday when I was shopping.Guess who I stumbled into at the library yesterday?I stumbled on a real bargain at the bookstore last week.

Let me try to see if I can turn someone up who knows how to do the job.I turned up a number of interesting items when I went through Aunt Jane's attic.

She hit on a new scheme for removing the impurities from drinking water.I hit on it when I wasn't able to sleep one night.

I hit the jackpot when I found this little cafe on Fourth Street.I wanted a small house with a fireplace, and I really hit the jackpot with this one.