Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 3 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 4 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 5 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 6 | I was grateful for the Foreign Secretary 's friendly reference to me at the Conservative party conference , and his acceptance of my expertise on one subject — even though it was only the cinema . |
| 7 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 8 | I was unprepared for a full spread on the back page , where normally soccer was king — even in the middle of summer . |
| 9 | I was unprepared for the exhausting and at times terrifying reality which lay ahead … |
| 10 | I was responsible for the nursing services , Royal Air Force Hospital , Christmas Island , providing a service for all Her Majesty 's Forces , civilian scientific officers , Fijian Army detachments and the Gilbertese natives . |
| 11 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 12 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
| 13 | So much so that I was ready for a rich joke when my family got home from their various doings that birthday evening . |
| 14 | But Manchester United are a world-famous club and I was ready for a new challenge . ’ |
| 15 | I mean he knew you were good for a few lire more than usual . ’ |
| 16 | She had to get her before she went through the gates and she was thankful for the bright moonlight . |
| 17 | She was grateful for the small privacy of her sunglasses . |
| 18 | She was grateful for the cool drink , however , and for the really tasty snack . |
| 19 | I wonder the British do n't bath in it as well , thought Sally-Anne naughtily , but she was grateful for the extra cup , and for the sandwiches which Miss Mates brought in with it for them both . |
| 20 | And it was n't as if she was ungrateful for the financial assistance through college . |
| 21 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 22 | Elizabeth has worked for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities and between 1980 and 1983 for the London Borough of Haringey where she was responsible for the special education service and secondary school amalgamations . |
| 23 | Emily suddenly felt a surge of elation , she was eager for the new experience of being introduced into what she considered was the world of adulthood . |
| 24 | She was ready for a dusk-to-dawn party , self-possessed and poised enough to appear in a hairspray commercial . |
| 25 | About a week after Dawn first started ‘ rousing up ’ , I felt she was ready for the next stage of her training . |
| 26 | She was ready for the next stage of free flight ! |
| 27 | She was silent for a long while , searching his face for a way forward , but it was shuttered and empty , all emotion banished . |
| 28 | She was impatient for the heavy swing of blunt , simple statements : |
| 29 | We were married for the formative period . |
| 30 | I released the crew that had had no food or rest all day and we were ready for the first watch next day . ’ |