Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grant Hall Hotel was next door to Zion United Church where I still spent many weekday evenings in boys ' work , and it was now handy to finish at the church and then cross over to the radio station for the late night shift . |
| 2 | Nathan cheered up a touch when he had eaten his way through half the menu , and was even able to smile at the prospect of spending the night in our corridor-like room . |
| 3 | She ate the food , sipped her brandy and was even able to smile at the sight of Iris peering between the slices of bread to ensure that the contents were acceptable to a vegetarian . |
| 4 | But he was too proud to plead at the right doors . |
| 5 | She sensed an excitement in him and wondered why , but she was too tired to think at the moment . |
| 6 | Faced with this scenario , the plaintiff gave evidence that she was too frightened to sleep at the premises and had not done so since her initial eviction . |