Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] it to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | But they were unable to make it to the Lincolnshire course and leading northern jockey Peter Niven stepped in for the ride . |
6 | The cement was freezing before we were able to apply it to the bricks . |
7 | All , from Davout down to the humblest ranker , were eager to put it to the test . |
8 | 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 ’ . |
9 | It was impossible to extend it to the front of the Villa without blasting the cliffs and destroying exquisite country , but quite possible to reach the gates at the rear of the park . |
10 | Yet if part of the problem at Ibrox in respect of injury has been caused by the addition of European Champions league matches to an already congested domestic schedule , it is only Vogts 's good fortune that no German side was able to make it to the last eight of the European Cup . |
11 | The surface of the brick was still gelid and adhesive , so that he was able to stick it to the side of a drum near the hull , separated from the fuel tanks only by a steel bulkhead . |
12 | The parents , he was convinced , had perceived nothing of the incident last Thursday , and therefore he was happy to relegate it to the back of his mind , and do nothing further about it . |
13 | His story had been absorbing and very revealing ; it was difficult to relate it to the other , more menacing side of him . |