Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the editors realized the importance of the work , they were unable to publish anything without higher approval . |
| 2 | And if the committee of the CICCU be taxed with bringing in someone who did not fit the undergraduates of a university , it might be replied , first that they were desperate to find someone at short notice , and secondly , was it desirable that a missioner should fit the undergraduates ? |
| 3 | Since our son found maths difficult he had , quite understandably , decided that it was easier to do none at all — and had got away with it for over six weeks . |
| 4 | With every inducement to satisfy Anselm — and Anselm did not hesitate to urge his sufferings on behalf of the papacy as a reason for conceding the claims of Canterbury — Paschal II was careful to concede nothing of lasting importance . |
| 5 | Her head was spinning , filled with so many thoughts that it was impossible to sort one from another . |
| 6 | Sean 's dad did not even leave his seat because he was unprepared to do anything about this problem , but he knew that he should do something about it . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it was good to meet lots of different people but on the other hand , I have never really felt settled or had lifelong friends like most people , ’ he says . |
| 8 | We badly needed new hymns , more critically translated , and I , with a Burmese colleague , was able to add something like eighty new hymns . |