Example sentences of "was [adj] to have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 28-year-old embarked on a two-year course of hormone and electrolysis treatment last June and was due to have the sex change operation at Middlesbrough General Hospital next year . |
| 2 | Government recognized that nurses did not take strike action and believed that it was right to have a system of pay determination which meant that they did not lose by that policy . |
| 3 | These were the days when it was possible to have a lease for life . |
| 4 | In the height of the season it was invaded by holidaymakers , but later on it was possible to have the area to oneself . |
| 5 | I learnt later that he and some of his lords considered I was wrong to have a conversation with enemies of Lilliput . |
| 6 | The Government had now come to believe , however , that it was wrong to have a penalty regime which was almost entirely automatic . |
| 7 | At Northern Foods Horsley 's brother-in-law , Chris Haskins , was taking a bigger and bigger part in the running of the company , leaving Horsley with more time , and he was delighted to have a chance to help in a project which instantly appealed to his idealistic nature . |
| 8 | He was delighted to have the opportunity to do it . |
| 9 | I was delighted to have the opportunity to meet , and work with paul , who proved to be a lively , fun-loving character and a patient , helpful , inspiring tutor . |
| 10 | And I was delighted to have the neighbourhood laid out for me in the way a child sees its domain , and to earn a little money and receive from Mme Bluot the excellent unsold cakes and breads she would otherwise have had Didier feed to the ducks . |
| 11 | Gloria said he only went along with her because of the housing shortages , because he knew he was lucky to have a room at all , even if it was only half a room at Mrs Parvis 's . |
| 12 | He was lucky to have a job like this . |
| 13 | There was a time when she could remember thinking it was a very nice room and that she was lucky to have a carpet on the floor and not just lino . |
| 14 | He was lucky to have the support of his family , but above all , in having as his Lady Mayoress a wife who showed him such love and devotion , in sickness and in health . |
| 15 | I , I , I was supposed to have a lift , and erm I was waiting like I say ten to five we knock off half one you see and the guy never turned up , the car was there but |
| 16 | British Airways , which dominates Heathrow , was supposed to have a marketing agreement with United to share passenger traffic . |
| 17 | I was supposed to have a meeting on with erm , a couple of guys from the British Coal Enterprise down in Middlesbrough with , but unfortunately again the weather caught all of them out and they decided not to come , but did n't occur to them to say they would n't come , so I sat down there for an hour , and eventually managed to find a phone number and get in contact and the guy was still there , and he said oh no I 'm not coming up . |
| 18 | Maybe I was supposed to have a lot of children . |
| 19 | And when he died of drink in 1957 it was to a strangely quiet Press , considering that only just before his fall he was supposed to have the support of fifty per cent of his countrymen , according to the polls , and a power almost greater than the President 's . |
| 20 | She was supposed to have the power of healing stomach aches , and people used to visit her during the hours of the siesta so that no one would know . |
| 21 | But , he added , sometimes commissions were needed and then it was valuable to have a scholar-bishop as the chairman . |
| 22 | He was glad to have the equipment to enable him to read Greek and Latin . |
| 23 | Palmerston replied that he was glad to have the assurance of ‘ trained men of science and judgement ’ , and although he felt that Gothic might be suitable in the country , he was determined to have Italian for the present purpose . |
| 24 | But , when asked in 1947 to replace an old dirty power station that had been on the site since 1891 , he soon forgot such idealism and , like any architect , was glad to have the job . |
| 25 | And she was glad to have the strength of anger against him as she deciphered coolly , ‘ What you 're really saying is that either I leave Travis alone , or , if you ca n't get me over the Norwood & Chambers contract , you wo n't rest until you find some other contract I 've had small dealings with and which did n't work out , which added together will amount to dereliction of duty . ’ |
| 26 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 27 | Coffin thought the boy was glad to have an excuse to close the interview . |
| 28 | And Tom the cabin boy had a favourite aunt in Sinkport and was glad to have an opportunity to visit her . |
| 29 | Whether he was or was n't , it was great to have a shot like that at that point . |
| 30 | For this reason it was simplest to have a rule that commendo did not raise a trust . |