Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1973 I was fortunate enough to see a spectacular total solar eclipse at Lake Turkana in northern Kenya , with the bonus that this wild and exotic region is worth visiting in its own right . |
| 2 | Nearing my twelfth birthday , I was fortunate enough to secure a free place at the local secondary school . |
| 3 | I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy . |
| 4 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 5 | In 1961 , I was fortunate enough to win a by-election in the constituency of Worcester . |
| 6 | Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN . |
| 7 | I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds . |
| 8 | At least my friend did n't think I was vain enough to commission the work myself . |
| 9 | And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once . |
| 10 | I was intrigued recently to read an interview with Roman Polanski , the film director , in which he claimed that he learns languages not by learning tracts of vocabulary , but by playing at the sounds of a new language , first speaking a " gibberish " version of it , finding out what it feels like to be making those sounds and those speech patterns . |
| 11 | With a group of others , I was misguided enough to raid the school strawberry beds . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I felt unfortunate to lose that tournament but it told me I was good enough to win a major and I 've come here hitting the ball as well as I ever have . ’ |
| 13 | In the Sokol valley I was lucky enough to watch a stock circling above for several minutes . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Just as I was about to give up zoology , I was lucky enough to attend a lecture by the great ethologist Niko Tinbergen . |
| 16 | I was lucky enough to receive an invitation for the special AGM held at the Guildhall London , attended by Lady Baden-Powell and other Guiding dignitaries including a lady who has been connected with Guiding for all its 75 years . |
| 17 | I was lucky enough to join the makers of Gospel Green , a Sussex-made hard cheese , to watch the cheesemaking in process . |
| 18 | Later I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of his Impressionist Painting in Oils , a , small handbook published by The Artists ' Publishing Co . |
| 19 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I got in touch with your old man , baby , and then I was lucky enough to get a lift to this — this Wilderness place . ’ |
| 21 | He insisted on doing the cooking and I was happy just to eat the food . |
| 22 | I was happy enough to let the matter drop . |
| 23 | By eight I was old enough to clean the house and do the weekend shopping . |
| 24 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 25 | I became involved with the inhabitants as soon as I was old enough to overturn a leaf . |
| 26 | The Frenchman looked honest and I was shrewd enough to recognise a prosperous trade venture . |
| 27 | ‘ The last time I was in England I was foolish enough to take a woman into my confidence . |
| 28 | When he came home and I was able again to administer the tablets , he returned to normal . |
| 29 | Armed with FARMERS WEEKLY information ( read out to him over the telephone ) I was able instantly to negotiate a return to quarterly charging with my branch manager and a reduction of ½%; in the cost of my borrowing over base rate . |
| 30 | For example , Levin et al , 1983 concluded , from their 1980 survey of 150 elderly confused people , that about half were suffering from ‘ physical illnesses which were grave enough to impede the performance of daily living activities ’ , many involving such problems as incontinence , failing , unsteadiness or pain . |