Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this coup I was disappointed to find at the end of our first month that the shop had made a loss of over three pounds which meant I was n't able to return a penny piece to Daphne . |
| 2 | Since daylight was flooding into the world , I was able to stay at a distance and keep him in sight . |
| 3 | also , I was able to work at the painting knowing I could obliterate any unwanted areas ; this gave me the freedom I needed . |
| 4 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |
| 5 | ‘ We were wrong to laugh at the idea of Europeans mastering football , ’ said Chapman in the Sunday Express after the game . |
| 6 | this time we were able to stand at a distance from it all and weigh it up and write better songs . |
| 7 | With these , but with no filming permits , since they were impossible to obtain at the time , we winged it to the steaming metropolis of Jakarta . |
| 8 | And they were shocked to hear at the end of the three-month trial that Allitt suffered from a dangerous personality disorder . |
| 9 | During his first march into the west Gorbad broke into many Dwarf tombs and stole the magic weapons they contained , an act of desecration that enraged the Dwarfs but which they were powerless to prevent at the time . |
| 10 | He and Shinwell had told the Central Authority at their first meeting in September 1947 that , while general price rises could be ruled out , they were prepared to look at the possibility of controlling demand at peak times by differentially higher prices for peak use or by mechanical load-restricting devices . |
| 11 | Willi Herget , a Luftwaffe nightfighter ace with 74 confirmed kills , told me that halfway along this track it was easy to guess at the target , because a line of burning British bombers pointed the way to Nuremburg . |
| 12 | It was possible to hate at the same time as you loved . |
| 13 | When he invited Derek to confirm the existence of Tristram Abberley 's letters to his sister , it was impossible to guess at the purpose of his enquiry . |
| 14 | Thus , to explain what was happening to cities it was necessary to look at the characteristics of cities . |
| 15 | This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness . |
| 16 | He concluded that it was proper to look at the GUS group as a single entity . |
| 17 | When discussing differences in earnings between black and white workers , we noted that it was important to look at a number of factors , for example , the age structure of the two groups and the kind of industry in which they worked . |
| 18 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 19 | It was already after eleven and he was anxious to finish at the Laboratory and see old Mr. Lorrimer . |
| 20 | ‘ He was due to retire at the end of the year anyway . |
| 21 | Mr Horn , of Hurworth Moor , resigned from his £34,000-a-year job as education officer in charge of forward planning before he was due to appear at a disciplinary hearing at the council 's headquarters in Matlock last week . |
| 22 | For a few moments he was content to look at the maid 's face and the way the orange firelight lent it strength and mystery . |
| 23 | Gerald became so successful in farming and property that he was able to retire at the age of forty . |
| 24 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 25 | Even so , he was able to look at the fireglow of the Chariot , and he was able to look into the light and see the salamanders with their wise faces and their eyes filled with ancient knowledge . |
| 26 | ‘ Hello , mate , ’ Jimmy said , his eyes fixed on Len 's face as if he was scared to look at the outline of the rest of his body , lying motionless beneath the sheets . |