Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , by some freak of fate , the Mendozas had drawn the O'Briens in the first round , and were due to play them at the latter 's new polo club forty miles away on the first Saturday in December . |
| 2 | We were due to show it at the end of the party and of course … well , you know what happened . |
| 3 | They were prepared to hit me on the head , were n't they ? ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , many of John 's contemporaries were prepared to regard him as the Messiah . |
| 5 | Against the urgent advice of Keith , Fraser and other veterans , they decided that the English were afraid to put it to the test ; but they were not . |
| 6 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 7 | ‘ the concentration on actual or ostensible authority being ‘ given to the husband to act on behalf of the bank ’ may not be a reliable way of applying the test now well established by authority , albeit … that the real question is whether the bank were content to leave it to the husband to obtain the wife 's signature upon the charge . |
| 8 | ‘ Again , the concentration on actual or ostensible authority being ‘ given to the husband to act on behalf of the bank ’ may not be a reliable way of applying the test now well established by authority , albeit since this judgment was delivered , that the real question is whether the bank were content to leave it to the husband to obtain the wife 's signature upon the charge . |
| 9 | ‘ Newcastle were supposed to contact me over the weekend , but I have n't heard anything , ’ rapped McGraw . |
| 10 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 11 | Otherwise their existence might be a source of danger , for they had followings of their own which were likely to support them against the king in a political crisis . |
| 12 | They were glad to have him in the gang and he was delighted to be among them . |
| 13 | The hon. Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) said the same yesterday , but Ministers were unable to enlighten him about the method that might be used . |
| 14 | But they were unable to make it to the Lincolnshire course and leading northern jockey Peter Niven stepped in for the ride . |
| 15 | France and Belgium were the two lesser industrial powers and although France had been a big eighteenth-century producer of coal , her resources were unable to provide her with the fuel she needed for industry on the German scale . |
| 16 | The seventeen pensioners who were able to join us for the annual get-together enjoyed themselves immensely and are already looking forward to next year 's trip ! |
| 17 | We were also delighted that so many employees and their families were able to join us in the evening after the opening ceremony to look around the plant for the first time . |
| 18 | He is surprisingly slow to begin talking , but a good walker , and we were able to take him to the canal where there were ducks , swans , horses and icy puddles to interest him , so that was fine . |
| 19 | Thank you for the silk , glad you were able to wrest it from the Governor before he set off to Lepcis Magna with it . |
| 20 | The cement was freezing before we were able to apply it to the bricks . |
| 21 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |
| 22 | They were able to rescue him from the slurry within 15 minutes . |
| 23 | So that 's and you said , if you erm do n't er sweat a little in making the load , you will sweat a tremendous amount when you were busy pitching it into the into the stack . |
| 24 | Having set off in great style from Salzburg in their own carriage , they were now so impecunious that they were obliged to sell it before the frontier and go on by postchaise . |
| 25 | All , from Davout down to the humblest ranker , were eager to put it to the test . |
| 26 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 27 | So they progressed back again , Sir George clutching the letters , Maud the opened cocoon of linen and silk , and Roland the three dolls , out of some vague fancy that it was cruel to leave them in the dark . |
| 28 | Hooker replied that it was right to admit them to the Church 's Communion service , which , when he wrote , they were indeed obliged to attend by law . |
| 29 | For there was little to differentiate them in the policies which they espoused during the campaign . |
| 30 | And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels 's thrash ; I hope that you are recovered ? |