Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing about the business miles , you were right to ask me the business miles |
| 2 | You were right to give it a miss , my friend . |
| 3 | They were prepared to compromise because they I 'm sure that you know you ca n't imagine them not being really but because they 're such erm they were outraged at this machine but they were prepared to give it a try but the way it was bulldozed through that once the machine was there there was no choice then and almost you know get going boys get more and more and more slate you know greed they felt the employer was being greedy at the expense of quality . |
| 4 | Even those who did not endorse the company 's claim to produce ‘ The Best Car in the World ’ were prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt . |
| 5 | Having released two singles — ‘ June ’ — and ‘ Childhood Revisited ’ — in the late eighties on an independent label — Ashanti recorded a demo containing a song called ‘ Real World ’ , which was despatched to Polygram and , according to Boyd , ‘ within 20 minutes they were prepared to make us an offer which , at the time , was as good as we could get . |
| 6 | This meant that people were prepared to offer me a sequence of positions in which I only had to do research without having to lecture . |
| 7 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 8 | Sal continued her job as a waitress in the Commercial Road and spent all her spare time looking for a husband , while Kitty had no trouble in finding any amount of men who were happy to satisfy her every need . |
| 9 | England was a civilised country , where policemen were happy to tell you the time and give you directions in the street . |
| 10 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 11 | Annie was nursed back to full health by the kind nuns who adopted her and they were able to give her a good education . |
| 12 | Connoisseurs who heard tape copies were also suspicious of the vocal mannerisms ; but engineers at the National Sound Archive were able to declare it a forgery the moment they heard it , for an unassailable technical reason . |
| 13 | Oxford City Council councils housing experts were able to tell her the eviction order is illegal . |
| 14 | For many years serious and respectable citizens had worried about the new masses but now at least entrepreneurs and businessmen were able to offer them every service , every distraction , and every entertainment that their wages allowed . |
| 15 | The hand-outs were vital to get them a bite , to help them survive in their pitiful plight . |
| 16 | His means , though unmentioned , derived from his family 's West Riding worsted mills , and were sufficient to give him a substantial independence from stipends . |
| 17 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
| 18 | It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance . |
| 19 | However , she was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 20 | Thank goodness , though that for all he was n't so free with his smiles he had a terrific sense of humour and had not held against her the blunt , not to say impolite way she 'd asked if he was prepared to give her an interview . |
| 21 | I put it to Paul and he decided he was prepared to give it a go . ’ |
| 22 | Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first-hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . |
| 23 | Erm , actually on reflection , having seen the bit of disaster that occurred because erm unfortunately Freda did n't get the phone call until early Christmas day morning off her daughter , to say that instead of them coming up to here to see them that something had happened in London , could they go down to her , so she was prepared to do us a half an hour at half past one and then she was going to drive to London ! |
| 24 | Even the genial Binkie Beaumont was prepared to pay him a third of what the experienced Emlyn Williams knew he was worth and could get . |
| 25 | So , by dint of various enquiries , we managed to locate a house in a more salubrious area , Cardington Road , where the landlady was prepared to offer us a small sitting-room in addition , for an extra guinea a week . |
| 26 | ‘ I was careful to keep her a secret , ’ murmured Mr Rochester , frowning . |
| 27 | He had honestly believed he could take the place of everything she had ever known if only she was willing to give him the chance . |
| 28 | It was wrong to ask him a question . |
| 29 | As he reached the spot where Josh Cornock was likewise occupied , he heaved the elver scoop from the water and was delighted to find it a quarter full of the writhing silver baby eels . |
| 30 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |