Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] to have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't have much , so we learned to make the most of what we did have , and if a man was lucky enough to have a job he put everything into it . |
| 2 | At Glasgow School of Art , she was lucky enough to have a teacher who understood that an artist has to ‘ break down some kind of barrier within yourself ’ , transcending stifling Scottish morality . |
| 3 | Oh , he did n't earn that much playing golf , but he was lucky enough to have a substantial private income to indulge his sport . |
| 4 | Ellison had a header disallowed for offside following good work from Drew Coverdale , then was unfortunate not to have a clear sight of goal when Steve O'Shaughnessy 's through ball struck Ellison on the back . |
| 5 | Although the treatment is free , the patient may well be asked to pay for the tests used in diagnosis , and for a woman who wished to be screened for , say , gonorrhoea , trichomoniasis , and candidiasis , the bill might come to 250 francs , without the blood tests for syphilis , and if she was unfortunate enough to have an ulcer that might be syphilitic or herpetic , a further 150 francs could be added to the bill . |
| 6 | You were so young , at an age to want to experiment and to find a DJ a glamorous figure , that I imagined it was superficial enough to have a time limit on it . |
| 7 | Again , it was bad enough to have a surge associated with high spring tides , but it could have been associated with equinoctial springs seven weeks later with even more disastrous results . |