Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been willing " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also far too early to simply turn round and go back to the city even if Alain had been willing . |
| 2 | When Bruce was interviewed by the police he said Mrs Knight had been willing to part with her possessions . |
| 3 | It reawakened his curiosity , the fact that Blackbeard had been willing to hand them all over for getting back a wallet that otherwise contained only a letter . |
| 4 | Several states might have been willing to follow the Six in their ventures if Britain had been willing to join . |
| 5 | Even if Germany had been willing to risk the assembly of major formations of ex-Soviet prisoners , Vlasov had no interest in these ethnically based units . |
| 6 | Scarlet had been willing to admit the truth of her words but had ceased too soon to concentrate , her mind already elsewhere as she wondered whether , if she could express herself differently and more coherently , her therapist might not have another , and a clearer , image of her . |
| 7 | Some commentators have complained that Clark 's title , Civilisation , was misleading , as only Western arts were treated ; but even if Clark had been willing to take on world art , costs would no doubt have prevented such a grandiose project . |