Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was prepared to swear it on the Book . |
| 2 | Solly was prepared to try it in the days when Napes Needles was still ‘ a rattling good ‘ un ’ and you took photos of your mates with plates in a Thornton-Pickard Folding ruby camera . |
| 3 | It was impossible to extend it to the front of the Villa without blasting the cliffs and destroying exquisite country , but quite possible to reach the gates at the rear of the park . |
| 4 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 5 | Yet if part of the problem at Ibrox in respect of injury has been caused by the addition of European Champions league matches to an already congested domestic schedule , it is only Vogts 's good fortune that no German side was able to make it to the last eight of the European Cup . |
| 6 | The surface of the brick was still gelid and adhesive , so that he was able to stick it to the side of a drum near the hull , separated from the fuel tanks only by a steel bulkhead . |
| 7 | The parents , he was convinced , had perceived nothing of the incident last Thursday , and therefore he was happy to relegate it to the back of his mind , and do nothing further about it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His story had been absorbing and very revealing ; it was difficult to relate it to the other , more menacing side of him . |
| 10 | It was necessary to rest it on the lap because it was too heavy for her to hold up , which meant she had to sit leaning forward in order to read . |
| 11 | There were only shelves and drawers in the Nannie cupboard , so she was obliged to hang it by the loops of its sash from a hook on the back of the door . |