Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late twentieth century artists working in performance pose difficulties for the critic , though some observers find it refreshing rather than troublesome to consider work beyond the easel picture and the individual sculpture . |
| 2 | When recounting this incident in his published memoirs Lehmann added , ‘ But in later years these demonstrations became painful rather than exhilarating to take part in . ’ |
| 3 | Colonel Bowers was in his flying-suit by three o'clock and ready to go , when the long black limousine from the Pentagon 's New York bureau came through the main gate . |
| 4 | Strasbourg 's talented winger is fully fit again and desperate to play … but we all know that Hughes and Black just do n't blend on the same team . |
| 5 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 6 | Kevin had been poor then and unable to get home for the funeral . |
| 7 | By now he was hungry again and anxious to eat while he had the opportunity , but he dare not move from the corner until told to do so . |
| 8 | On the other hand , order out of chaos and the rebirth of a defeated nation were admirable reasons for being attracted to Fascism , yet they were n't the real ones in her case , and even if Hitler had mesmerised her very conclusively for a time , she was older and wiser now and able to revise her view of a man who could change his principles so casually in the light of expediency . |
| 9 | He had aged noticeably , his voice was higher-pitched and more quavery , but he was still alert mentally and willing to range over the whole of the naval war and his relationship with Hitler . |