Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was keen to give it a go because Leicester are one of the top clubs , and so it was n't something I could refuse , was it ? |
| 2 | When the national selectors ' viewpoint was put to him , Watt took up the challenge : ‘ I was happy to give it a real bash . |
| 3 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
| 4 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
| 5 | ‘ I was careful to keep her a secret , ’ murmured Mr Rochester , frowning . |
| 6 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 7 | Before I left I was able to give him the good news about his friend Donald , one of the officers to whom we had given food and clothes on the banks of the Rovacchia . |
| 8 | You were right to give it a miss , my friend . |
| 9 | The thing about the business miles , you were right to ask me the business miles |
| 10 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
| 11 | She was anxious to see him the moment he arrived , and make sure he was all right after the trauma of the interview with the insurance investigator . |
| 12 | Workwise , the day was already a write-off and in any case she was eager to know what the girl had to say . |
| 13 | But she remembers very well and erm she was able to give me a lot of personal details about the movement in nineteen nineteen . |
| 14 | She was able to make herself a pottery workshop by joining two old telephone engineers ' caravans together , and now works from her father 's market garden near Livingston . |
| 15 | The club was just the right kind of venue for them to cut their professional teeth on , and she was glad to give them the opportunity . |
| 16 | He had honestly believed he could take the place of everything she had ever known if only she was willing to give him the chance . |
| 17 | Erm , actually on reflection , having seen the bit of disaster that occurred because erm unfortunately Freda did n't get the phone call until early Christmas day morning off her daughter , to say that instead of them coming up to here to see them that something had happened in London , could they go down to her , so she was prepared to do us a half an hour at half past one and then she was going to drive to London ! |
| 18 | However , she was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 19 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 20 | We did not want to be the cause of friction ; but as we were unable to ascertain what the Club had in mind by way of arrangements , we proposed tea or dinner , or , if he were not being entertained in the evening , both . |
| 21 | Annie was nursed back to full health by the kind nuns who adopted her and they were able to give her a good education . |
| 22 | They were prepared to compromise because they I 'm sure that you know you ca n't imagine them not being really but because they 're such erm they were outraged at this machine but they were prepared to give it a try but the way it was bulldozed through that once the machine was there there was no choice then and almost you know get going boys get more and more and more slate you know greed they felt the employer was being greedy at the expense of quality . |
| 23 | Having released two singles — ‘ June ’ — and ‘ Childhood Revisited ’ — in the late eighties on an independent label — Ashanti recorded a demo containing a song called ‘ Real World ’ , which was despatched to Polygram and , according to Boyd , ‘ within 20 minutes they were prepared to make us an offer which , at the time , was as good as we could get . |
| 24 | Mum has been to stay , on an epic wedding outfit hunt last Saturday , and it was nice to give her a room . |
| 25 | Consequently Hunt earned the thanks of The Civil Engineer and Architects ' Journal for his innovation , and a few days later in the House , Gladstone was able to say with satisfaction that ‘ for the first time in the history of public edifices in the metropolis ’ , it was possible to state what the real cost would be . |
| 26 | The daily combat practice sessions were starting to have an interesting effect on Alexei 's ability to control his temper , but since it was essential to beat him every time , they were also very hard work . |
| 27 | To the airmen themselves , unable to hear the monstrous fracas , and detachedly observing the tiny sparks like flashes of a mirror and the puffs of smoke bubbling up below them , it was impossible to grasp what a sum of human suffering all that represented . |
| 28 | It was necessary to give him a pretty assertive grilling about it all . |
| 29 | It was marvellous to see you the other day after so many years . |
| 30 | Because money from the off-farm jobs was put into the farm , it was difficult to ascertain what the trading position of the part-time farm actually was but the figures quoted are considered to be fairly near the mark . |