Example sentences of "[pron] was [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 2 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 3 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 4 | I went down to the tap room and ordered a meal though I was hungrier for the dark-eyed slattern I had glimpsed on my last visit with Benjamin . |
| 5 | Last year I was fifteen for the third time round . |
| 6 | I was grateful for the Foreign Secretary 's friendly reference to me at the Conservative party conference , and his acceptance of my expertise on one subject — even though it was only the cinema . |
| 7 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 8 | I was unprepared for the exhausting and at times terrifying reality which lay ahead … |
| 9 | I was responsible for the nursing services , Royal Air Force Hospital , Christmas Island , providing a service for all Her Majesty 's Forces , civilian scientific officers , Fijian Army detachments and the Gilbertese natives . |
| 10 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 11 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
| 12 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
| 13 | The confidence which was necessary for the successful functioning of a coinage tended to encourage a conservative approach to its design , and one of the largest and most abundant coinages of the ancient world , that of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC , deliberately preserved an archaic appearance , as a comparison with more up-to-date treatments of the same subject reveals ( fig. 9 ) . |
| 14 | Accordingly , we should only interfere with his decision if we are satisfied that he applied an incorrect test , or was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion or was plainly wrong . |
| 15 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 16 | In my judgment therefore the exercise of his discretion was vitiated on the additional ground that by failing to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , he was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion . |
| 17 | But he was also responding to a mounting chorus of complaint about the system of ‘ feeding ’ , which was disastrous for the local population . |
| 18 | Also , the traumas of the Vietnam War and civil liberties clashes caused a crisis of confidence and led to a questioning frame of mind , which was ready for the idiosyncratic and difficult to interpret images made by Friedlander and his contemporaries . |
| 19 | A separate inquiry is believed to be still continuing into the other trustee , Coutts , which was responsible for the remaining five unit trusts . |
| 20 | Another striking feature was the existence of the Main Political Administration which was responsible for the political education and consciousness of the military . |
| 21 | This continued to operate in the Treasury though no attempt was made to coordinate its activities with the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office which was responsible for the Economic Survey . |
| 22 | In 1605 it began trading at Surat , which was convenient for the Persian trade already developed by the Muscovy Company and also for diplomatic contact with the Moghul capital at Agra . |
| 23 | She had to get her before she went through the gates and she was thankful for the bright moonlight . |
| 24 | She was grateful for the small privacy of her sunglasses . |
| 25 | She was grateful for the cool drink , however , and for the really tasty snack . |
| 26 | I wonder the British do n't bath in it as well , thought Sally-Anne naughtily , but she was grateful for the extra cup , and for the sandwiches which Miss Mates brought in with it for them both . |
| 27 | And it was n't as if she was ungrateful for the financial assistance through college . |
| 28 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 29 | Elizabeth has worked for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities and between 1980 and 1983 for the London Borough of Haringey where she was responsible for the special education service and secondary school amalgamations . |
| 30 | Emily suddenly felt a surge of elation , she was eager for the new experience of being introduced into what she considered was the world of adulthood . |