Example sentences of "was [adj] to have [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was fortunate to have had these advantages ; it is quite impossible to operate at any level in industry without being aware of the world forces which are pressing upon us . |
| 2 | He was lucky to have led such an ordered life . |
| 3 | Once it had been the God who was supposed to have asked that too familiar question . |
| 4 | But just what effect Pringle 's presence was supposed to have eluded most people , and the absence of Lamb , back to his prolific , fighting best on the county circuit , must have been just what the touring team were praying for . |
| 5 | Ackroyd quotes him ; but apart from the fact that Eliot , especially in his distressed state , was unlikely to have used those words of Vivien , there is no record of his having sent such a telegram . |
| 6 | Dr Kosterlitz and Dr Hughes reasoned that nature was unlikely to have produced such a lock without also evolving a key . |
| 7 | But she was pleased to have reawakened that memory , however painful it might be . |
| 8 | Although over the preceding 12 months a combination of a deep economic recession , conciliatory gestures from many of the English-speaking provinces , and the skilful diplomacy of Bourassa , had served to cool some of the enthusiasm for independence , the province was due to hold a referendum on the sovereignty issue on Oct. 26 , and Mulroney had made it clear that he was keen to have reached some form of inter-provincial agreement prior to the vote . |