Example sentences of "[be] fortunate [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 2 | Ruth had been fortunate enough to find a job in Ilkley . |
| 3 | They were fortunate enough to secure a seat actually in the window alcove , which , although the shop was crowded , gave an illusion of privacy to their conversation . |
| 4 | I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds . |
| 5 | In 1961 , I was fortunate enough to win a by-election in the constituency of Worcester . |
| 6 | Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN . |
| 7 | I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy . |