Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But manufacturers can sometimes move the goal posts to suit their own ends — or perhaps they were oblivious to them from the start . |
| 2 | Such alternative approaches were open to him at the material time . ’ |
| 3 | They were kind to her in the shops . |
| 4 | It was clear to us from the beginning that 1991 would not be a very good year to launch anything — from magazines to Scuds . |
| 5 | The position of Battalion Entertainments Officer was no longer held by Charles within five minutes of the drop of the curtain and although that was gratifying to him at the time , in spite of the manner of his dismissal , there were additional deprivations inflicted by a scandalized CO , that were not easy to bear . |
| 6 | She informed me that a double room at the front was available , though I was welcome to it for the price of a single . |
| 7 | It was obvious to her from the beginning that there was too much overlap . |
| 8 | What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment . |
| 9 | Save for one matter , to which I shall refer later , there is no criticism of the judgment or of the order the judge made on the material that was available to him at the time . |
| 10 | 12 Hartley 's essay was available to them in the exhibition brochure , where Stieglitz had reprinted it , and a second commentary about O'Keeffe by Rosenfeld had appeared in Vanity Fair the previous october . |
| 11 | It must be said before we proceed further that this model is so new that no handbook was available to me at the time of writing . |
| 12 | Then I hesitate to say that there 's probably a more complex issue now even than the Fire Station , erm , the figures which are given incidentally are the original estimate there , because that was what was available to us at the time . |
| 13 | The non-robbed make more relaxing if complacent company and Gilles , big loudmouth that he was , gave out an air of confidence that was appealing to me at the time . |
| 14 | Slingsby first visited Norway in 1872 and soon discovered that he was in a country with whose inhabitants he had almost everything in common ; where the language was familiar to him from the vocabulary surviving in the Yorkshire dales , and where the temperament and customs were akin to his own . |
| 15 | The early history was familiar to her from the memoir of the founder which stood in limp green leather covers on Gilbert Racy 's shelves at Betterhouse . |
| 16 | She has told you that I was kind to her in the summerhouse , though I 'll assure you I was quite innocent then as now , and I desire you to keep this matter to yourself . |
| 17 | It is difficult to assess the long term benefit of such a campaign as individual cases now coming to light clearly heard some of the publicity which was beneficial to them at the time but did not result in them making a call at that particular time . |