Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leading lady Julia Roberts was keen to make it with a British actor , namely Last Of The Mohicans Daniel Day Lewis , but is reluctant to go ahead with the replacement suggested by producer 's Universal , her former boyfriend Jason Patric . |
| 2 | Travis was quick to deny it with one of his charming smiles . |
| 3 | In the document which outlines this progress , and elsewhere , the CDP was anxious to distance itself from other institutions in the public sector . |
| 4 | IBM was unable to know everything about everything , much as it would have liked to — so it had to learn to cooperate . |
| 5 | Simon was supposed to take me for lunch an hour ago , ’ she said , hearing herself rattle on , yet unable to stop , ‘ but he seems to have forgotten and I 'm hungry and — ’ |
| 6 | Unable to avoid it , however , he faced O'Rourke in New Orleans where it became apparent that the Irishman had no idea of fighting ; Burke was able to hit him at will . |
| 7 | All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up . |
| 8 | I think Anna was pleased to see me despite the knowing looks from the other two , and none of them seemed to have heard about Salome , so I stayed tight-lipped . |
| 9 | One hour alone with Kathy was enough to send her up the wall . |
| 10 | The finished clothes were delivered to the hotel on her last morning in Paris only an hour before Bob Storrington was due to collect her for lunch . |
| 11 | He already had a verbal agreement with Forest for another year , but chairman Frederick Reacher was anxious to put it in writing at a time when the anti-Clough lobby was growing in strength . |
| 12 | Recovering from his surprise , Duvall was ready to throw himself at Jimmy . |
| 13 | As he did so , Juliet was able to study him without his being aware of it . |
| 14 | The stucco on the houses that rose like cliffs of grey stone in the rue de Sèvres was enough to depress me in itself , blotched as it was with building acne , let alone the drains blocked with refuse and the greasy pipes round which foaming suds slept fitfully . |
| 15 | When it came to fisticuffs Sean Connery was happy to mix it with the best of them — ‘ He believed stuntmen were there to take the knocks and let them have it in the fight scenes , ’ said one . |
| 16 | Jenny was supposed to meet me at the airport . " |
| 17 | With deep blue eyes and springy fair hair , the athletic Dane would be the answer to many a maiden 's prayer , yet while Ashley was grateful to have him as a friend and business associate she had no inclination for their relationship to deepen . |
| 18 | Although he immediately became favourite to succeed Roh as President when his term of office expired in February 1993 , the delicate factional structure of the DLP meant that Roh was reluctant to endorse him as his chosen successor . |
| 19 | Mr Attlee was careful to position himself with the majority view in Cabinet . |
| 20 | He donated the Lateran Palace to the Bishop of Rome , and Rome was able to use it as a means of establishing supremacy over rival centres of Christian authority in Alexandria and Antioch . |
| 21 | Having anticipated this , Maria was able to meet it with a degree of control . |
| 22 | Sigeric 's successor , Ælfric , recovered it , but N.P. Brooks has pointed out that other losses would have left no trace in the Canterbury records if they were not regained , and Thietmar of Merseburg says that Archbishop Ælfheah was unable to ransom himself in 1012 because of dire poverty . |
| 23 | It seemed that Jason was keen to distance himself from the increasing danger of being known as the future Mr Minogue . |
| 24 | There were times , too , when Warner was obliged to involve himself with people he 'd sooner not have known . |
| 25 | Horner 's fierce forehand had been her best weapon , but Soutter was able to contain it with steady and accurate driving and a calm mind . |
| 26 | A staunch Tory , Shrewsbury was distressed to find himself at odds with some of his fellow Catholics over Ireland and deplored the support given to Daniel O'Connell [ q.v. ] |
| 27 | For this reason Hakkio was obliged to limit himself to four lagged terms in equations ( 3.34 ) even when there was firm evidence of longer lags . |
| 28 | Signor Valenti was willing to accept him as a son-in-law . |
| 29 | On those occasions when June was unable to accompany him to a meeting or activity , David would always ensure that she and Judith were alright and never failed to keep in touch . |
| 30 | It was during this time that James was able to reacquaint himself with another old school chum , Malcolm Nurse . |