Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She described the revelatory information they contained and said she was prepared to make them available . |
| 2 | Patrick Milligan was careful to keep it hypothetical , mindful of the dark look on Patsy 's face . |
| 3 | She made her way to the kitchen and was relieved to find it empty . |
| 4 | Since all the doctors in Chelmsford practised inoculation it was impossible to prove him responsible and Sutton declared the prosecution to have been founded on the envy and malice of his enemies in the medical profession . |
| 5 | The sea had soaked his corpse ; even with the spices , it was hard to keep him presentable . ’ |
| 6 | It was supposed to drive you wild with desire . ’ |
| 7 | He slapped on a little of a new musk aftershave that was supposed to make him irresistible — not too much , he hated obviousness in men . |
| 8 | This was supposed to make me fit to fly a Hurricane ! ’ |
| 9 | Nor will confessions obtained as a result of anything said or done which was likely to render them unreliable , be admissible , unless the prosecution can prove that they were not obtained in this way . |
| 10 | But Alan Smith , Test and County Cricket Board chief executive , was quick to make it clear that the governing body were not accusing the tourists of any malpractice with the ball . |
| 11 | In Jan 's book , all men are Bastards and some worse than others , and the one she was married to found it hard to walk on his hind legs . |
| 12 | He was standing in the far corner , talking to some men , and she was able to view him unobserved for a few moments . |
| 13 | ‘ I was particularly impressed by the easy-to-understand literature they had on the subject and the lady behind the counter was able to give me instant advice . ’ |
| 14 | From her knowledge of the continent she was able to give me useful information , advice , and travellers ' tips , and she suggested that I take with me a supply of those items which were in even shorter supply in France than in Britain , such as coffee and cigarettes , and use them as barter . |
| 15 | He continued : ‘ She is very resilient and was able to give us good information about what happened . ’ |
| 16 | She loved the smell of his flesh and was happy to have it lingering on her . |
| 17 | She had an exhaustive knowledge of Sunday Schools and it was depressing to find him full of the same bogus affability that she detected on every Sabbath of the year . |
| 18 | All Souls was a church of such outstanding quality , with magnificent fittings of every kind , that it was essential to preserve it intact . |
| 19 | Appellate counsel 's point was that P was anxious to make it clear that the major part of the blame for the offences fell on others , and he might not have appreciated that the statement could be used against him ; it was thus unfair . |
| 20 | She had race memories of Our Boys in Blue and was loath to believe them brutal . |
| 21 | When the book was nearing publication , a scientist who was sent an advance copy to review for Nature magazine was appalled to find it full of errors , with misplaced and erroneously labeled photographs and diagrams . |
| 22 | Brian , emerging from the bathroom , heard his wife talking and imagined she was with Camille , thus he was surprised to find her alone . |