Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The salesmen were willing to follow the same line as it entailed no extra effort on their part and was not likely to interfere with their way of doing things . |
| 2 | I think they were glad to have a little time to themselves . |
| 3 | It was possible to see the same sort of divide as at the commercial end : every second house had been restored and repainted , with extensions sprouting in the gaps between them . |
| 4 | The machine itself and its style of operation was incidental , in fact it was possible to achieve the same procedure if not quite the same discipline on the student by using programmed books with directional references to other pages at the end of each page . |
| 5 | Truman , lacking the experience of foreign affairs , was surrounded by the same advisers as Roosevelt and was willing to continue the same policy . |
| 6 | Jim Sillars , the deputy SNP leader , said it was sad to see a former solicitor-general bringing his career ‘ to such a discreditable end ’ while Sir David Steel , Liberal-Democrat foreign affairs spokesman , said : ‘ I am glad that Willie Whitelaw has shown that there is still a streak of honour and decency in the Tory Party . ’ |
| 7 | A fortnight later , on the plains of the Namoi , Gould was thrilled to see the same bird in such great numbers that , when Natty drove them up before him , ‘ eight fell to a single discharge' of his gun . |
| 8 | I thought things had changed in Sweden when I was able to use the same team in successive games for the first time in six years . |
| 9 | The final report — almost eight times as long as the interim — was able to cover the same ground in more detail and also to extend the coverage to a wide range of ethnic minority groups . |
| 10 | Oh well , if she was unwise enough to come to tea , Gina was unlikely to try the same thing again . |
| 11 | It is true that estoppel by representation was not pleaded , but estoppel by deed was pleaded and the evidence was sufficient to support the former plea . |