Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] to see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the kitchen the fire was burning low but there was light enough to see the steam rising from the bedclothes as they held them out to air .
2 In connection with the Queen of the Night and her birds , I was lucky enough to see an example of such interaction recently when I watched a woman falconer give a demonstration of her art .
3 His smile might be a little self-conscious , but she was close enough to see the glint of real satisfaction in his pale blue eyes .
4 For the moment , he was canny enough to see the wisdom of keeping his stepson sweet , and that would not be achieved by stirring up a hornets ' nest .
5 Mrs Thatcher was cute enough to see the need to cultivate the backbenchers who made up her lobby fodder and the knighthood became once again the reward for wrecked marriages and broken health caused by sitting up all night to vote as the whips instructed .
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