Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's Thursday , is n't it ? ’ he whispered , and it was strange to hear him say something so ordinary . |
| 2 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 3 | They were seen for one further session during which it was possible to help them reach a suitable compromise . |
| 4 | After seeing the child was upset did you do anything else ? |
| 5 | Lear 's death may not have been devastating , but I was sorry to see him go . |
| 6 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 7 | Amanda rolled over taking most of the duvet with her ; it was easier to let her have more than her fair share . |
| 8 | Worst of all were the arbitrarily imposed ‘ delivery ’ or discharge fees which often meant innocent people spending substantial periods in prison ( having been found not guilty ) until hard-pressed relatives raised the necessary cash for release and the gaoler was prepared to let them go . |
| 9 | ‘ He said he 'd never prescribed it before but he was willing to let me try it . |
| 10 | ‘ You were almost too old to adopt , were n't you , so when Elaine had her baby and was willing to let you have it , it must have seemed — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Look , ’ Polly tried desperately , ‘ I admit I was wrong to let you believe I was an experienced sailor . |
| 12 | She was afraid to let me go free , because I have friends in England . |
| 13 | When he sold him to Villa for £450,000 in 1988 , Ferguson made no secret of the fact that he was delighted to see him go . |
| 14 | Discussing with North in September 1986 how the arms-sales creditors could be paid off , he was alarmed to hear him say ‘ Well , maybe we 'll have to take it out of the reserves . ’ |
| 15 | I was sad to see him die , because he had become a good friend . |
| 16 | She was content to let him believe it . |
| 17 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 18 | She was content to let it wash over her , occasionally noticing , like someone with a different first language , the way they laughed at things she did n't see the humour of , were made angry by perfectly innocent-sounding newspaper articles , discussed people she had never heard of as if they were better known than the Royal Family . |
| 19 | Owen , equally alarmed , was content to let it rest like that while he tried to see a way through the likely complications . |
| 20 | He was content to let it go . |
| 21 | With so much land to be disposed of , it was hard to make them put up with anything less than freehold tenure , and so it was almost impossible for the proprietors to make very much out of their estates . |
| 22 | This was supposed to make me feel better . |
| 23 | He walked to Hause Point twice a day and apart from that … he wrote one or two letters and delighted her father by franking one of his ; he waited for him to get a full free day so that they could go char fishing ; he declined all invitations and although he was irreproachably welcoming when Mr Skelton and his daughter made a surprise detour on one of their visits up the valley from Lorton to call in at the Fish , Mary thought that she could tell that he was happier to see them depart than he had been to see them arrive . |
| 24 | He was tired of wrestling with it , brooding about it , sometimes looking at his bride 's back with violent puzzlement ; but now , surrounded by this covert attention , he was glad to let it go : he would take tea like a lord with his family . |
| 25 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |
| 26 | Bonar Law 's position remains enigmatic , for he promoted fusion and yet was glad to see it fail . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's a lad with bags of confidence and was quick to let me know that he 'd scored on his debut and I had n't . |
| 28 | It was better to let him rest . |
| 29 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 30 | Edward IV , however , was unwilling to see it go . |