Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The West Germans were prepared to pay handsomely for the right to emigrate of hundreds of thousands of German-speaking Romanian citizens whose ancestors had lived in the country for centuries . |
| 2 | We were all fatigued enough for the rail road from Southampton is new and rough . ’ |
| 3 | If only she were able to stay here for the remainder of the holiday ; but perhaps with Mum and Dad away , even here might start to haunt her . |
| 4 | So , but we were able to stay there for a time . |
| 5 | Fortunately it did n't although the Romanians were able to get away for the silver . |
| 6 | On his visit to London we were able to get together for a bit of a jam and a chat about some of the parts he played on the ‘ new ’ album … |
| 7 | If a firm is operating in a good , competitive market then , notwithstanding the problems associated with accounting measurements , profit does give an indication of how well it produced goods : the market was willing to pay more for the finished goods than it cost the firm to produce them , if the firm made a profit . |
| 8 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
| 9 | A hundred thousand soldiers seems to have been the maximum any Hellenistic state was able to gather together for a decisive battle . |
| 10 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 11 | With Boz out of the caravan I was able to get away for a while . |