Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] to have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was rather nice to have a woman crying over him . |
2 | Mr Parrish said it was most unusual to have a planning inquiry with several options but the NGC said it was quite normal to make such planning applications . |
3 | There was had to be a discreet list circulated naming those ( mainly ) Soviet Bloc officials in London with whom it was highly inadvisable to have a solo drink or dinner . |
4 | Yes , it was extremely useful to have a car , whatever people said about traffic and pollution and expense … yes … |
5 | His damn wife said it was not natural to have a room without a window . |
6 | No doubt there was room for argument as to whether in 1923 it was still possible to have a peer as Conservative Prime Minister . |
7 | Simultaneously , Jack Wood , soon to be returned unopposed in the forthcoming municipal election , told the West Ham Trades Council that ‘ he was more delighted to have a place on ( the ) united Labour Party platform than to have a seat on the council ’ ( ibid ) . |
8 | ‘ Right from the beginning I 'd felt it was more important to have a woman with me than my partner . |
9 | We we had a cost of living bonus when it was practically unknown to have a cost of liv , which we 'd had er er since er immediately after the First World War , nineteen nineteen time . |
10 | It was n't possible to have a conversation unless her earphones were connected , but this was the least of her worries at the moment . |
11 | Angry at the injustice of it all , Katherine was yet relieved to have an excuse to stay out of her mother 's way . |
12 | It was therefore essential to have a co-organizer , someone who would keep a cool head . |
13 | GCE O and A levels were devised when a large proportion of children left school after the fifth year , and when it was therefore sensible to have a block of examinations taken in that year , to operate partly as a school-leaving certification , partly as a screen , to select those who would stay on . |
14 | Speculation that global climate change could result was largely discounted , since the smoke cloud was too low to have an impact on stratospheric climate circulation . |
15 | I told her I wanted something I could look at on days when it was too hot to have a fire . ’ |
16 | Did you think perhaps I was too old to have a grandmother still alive ? ’ |
17 | My period was a week late but I was too scared to have a test . |