Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] to see [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh . |
| 2 | Because of the passage of the st'lyan along the road there was a cloud of dust and it was hard to see anything in the failing red light . |
| 3 | ‘ I was glad to see her at the pictures with you , ’ Anne said . |
| 4 | In this issue it was great to see you on the streets , showing people united in the fight against growing racism . |
| 5 | It was good to see you at the DoE Green College Sustainability Seminar the other day . |
| 6 | I think Anna was pleased to see me despite the knowing looks from the other two , and none of them seemed to have heard about Salome , so I stayed tight-lipped . |
| 7 | It was difficult to see her through the dazzling spurts of fire ; she seemed to be less and less there . |
| 8 | Defoe , who travelled more of the roads of the country than most of his contemporaries , was inclined to see himself in the foothills of a better transport age — the equal of the fabled Roman achievement . |