Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The West Germans were prepared to pay handsomely for the right to emigrate of hundreds of thousands of German-speaking Romanian citizens whose ancestors had lived in the country for centuries . |
| 2 | We were all fatigued enough for the rail road from Southampton is new and rough . ’ |
| 3 | If only she were able to stay here for the remainder of the holiday ; but perhaps with Mum and Dad away , even here might start to haunt her . |
| 4 | So , but we were able to stay there for a time . |
| 5 | Fortunately it did n't although the Romanians were able to get away for the silver . |
| 6 | On his visit to London we were able to get together for a bit of a jam and a chat about some of the parts he played on the ‘ new ’ album … |