Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About half of the emigrants and all of the heavy cargo went by sea and by then numerous clippers were prepared to beat regularly from New York to San Francisco in a hundred days . |
| 2 | ‘ I am fit , ’ he persisted , holding Llewelyn fast by the sleeve , for he was apt to flash away from armoury to store and stable to council chamber disconcertingly upon his universal errand of supervision . |
| 3 | Although the sun had risen it was still dusk between the trees , and Allen was able to move quickly from cover to cover keeping the Waste in view . |
| 4 | She was able to move safely from room to room in her house , and she could get up during the night to use her commode when necessary . |
| 5 | He was getting stale , wanted a new sphere of activity , was anxious to get away from London . |
| 6 | But all the same , it was fun to telephone home from Huntingdon that evening and electrify the family by saying , ‘ You 'll never guess where I 've just been ! ’ and listen to their admiring and incredulous comments . |