Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was pleased to let her go ! ’ he replied , and Fabia did n't like the sound of that one little bit . |
| 2 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 3 | ‘ I got on well with Frank and I was disappointed to see him go . |
| 4 | I was sad to see him die , because he had become a good friend . |
| 5 | Lear 's death may not have been devastating , but I was sorry to see him go . |
| 6 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 7 | I was mad to let him bring me here . |
| 8 | Talking during the week with a veteran of the ANC — a man who has opposed Smith publicly and privately for years — I was surprised to hear him say , ‘ Whether the PM was right or wrong , we must assist him now to look into this idea of a change of heart . ’ |
| 9 | I was surprised to hear him say that because he was clearly referring to economic and monetary union . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , ’ Polly tried desperately , ‘ I admit I was wrong to let you believe I was an experienced sailor . |
| 11 | I did not return to work until was 18 months so I was able to see him cut his first tooth , take his first step and many other monumental firsts . |
| 12 | I was able to let him know in advance of my possible visit by giving a short letter to someone in Fontanellato , a patient of Dr Sambataro 's , who was going to visit a very ill relative in Lagrimone . |
| 13 | To be blunt I was ready to let him know I was aware how he was using the Post and where the money was going . ’ |
| 14 | I was amazed to hear him say he did two hours ‘ warming-up ’ exercises before he did his muscle-building stuff . |
| 15 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 16 | She was content to let him believe it . |
| 17 | She was content to let it wash over her , occasionally noticing , like someone with a different first language , the way they laughed at things she did n't see the humour of , were made angry by perfectly innocent-sounding newspaper articles , discussed people she had never heard of as if they were better known than the Royal Family . |
| 18 | Using enormous restraint , she stalked her prey [ or nearly half an hour , and only when she was certain did she leap from her crouching position and bring down her quarry , seizing it by the throat and suffocating it . |
| 19 | And yet she was reluctant to let him go . |
| 20 | Yet the more she thought about it , the more she was inclined to let him have his way . |
| 21 | She was able to let him go as he was now because she had clarified and confirmed what he had been to her . |
| 22 | She was able to help him share his anxiety about the risk of moving , and this made it more manageable . |
| 23 | She was afraid to let me go free , because I have friends in England . |
| 24 | After protesting that she simply could n't share her bed with anyone else , she admitted the real reason : she was ashamed to let him see that she had to get up to pee once or twice a night . |
| 25 | It was better to let him rest . |
| 26 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's Thursday , is n't it ? ’ he whispered , and it was strange to hear him say something so ordinary . |
| 28 | They were seen for one further session during which it was possible to help them reach a suitable compromise . |
| 29 | Still , it was great to see them go back into the wild when they were old enough . ’ |
| 30 | But here , it was brownish do you see , rough brownish . |