Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] to have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin Calderwood was next to have a go |
| 2 | However , if the applicant was happy to have the case dealt with under the procedure for public law cases , then there is no reason why the case should not proceed in this way . |
| 3 | And , IBM was happy to have the world believe , IBMers were an inherently superior breed , that its recruitment and training were of such excellence that man for man , any IBMer would be effortlessly superior to his counterpart in any competing company . |
| 4 | Coffin thought the boy was glad to have an excuse to close the interview . |
| 5 | Doubtless Mr Pickard was pleased to have the support of the medical men of the town — a great fillip to his trade — though it is questionable whether he would have received like acclamation from the superintendent of Lichfield Cemetery , for iron coffins , as well as lead shells , took a long time to break down if deposited in the soil . |
| 6 | Any one of a number of co-owners was entitled to have the property ‘ partitioned ’ , i.e. divided , or at any rate to have the property sold and his share paid out to him . |