Example sentences of "was [adj] [to-vb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 2 | During the ensuing three weeks the French Foreign Minister , M. Sauvagnargues , was due to visit me in London for talks , as was the Turkish Foreign Minister . |
| 3 | It was cruel to lock me in there alone without a candle . |
| 4 | I did n't mean it , the garden-master was right to punish me I deserved it . ) |
| 5 | Your father was right to warn me about you ! ’ |
| 6 | So it was awful to find I 'd done something wrong . |
| 7 | He had told me what he had to say about the murder and was free to call me again any time . |
| 8 | My mother was prepared to back me in anything I wanted to do . |
| 9 | I could hardly follow them on their wanderings unless one or other of them was prepared to take me on her saddle while she stood upright pedalling . |
| 10 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He said he 'd never prescribed it before but he was willing to let me try it . |
| 12 | ‘ How did you know someone had been strangling me if everyone else in there was willing to believe I 'd had a fit ? ’ |
| 13 | Peace Corps was willing to send me off to Honduras , but I did n't feel right about it . |
| 14 | I tried to sell it , but no one was willing to offer me more than five shillings , so Bob uses it for picking up the produce from the market every morning . ’ |
| 15 | I began to wonder if he was doing it deliberately , if he knew I was insanely in love with you and thought it was funny to goad me . ’ |
| 16 | She was afraid to kill me , because I was a Queen . |
| 17 | She was afraid to let me go free , because I have friends in England . |
| 18 | He must have worried himself to death just because he was afraid to tell me . ’ |
| 19 | She was delighted to see me , as it meant she would not have to go on her own , and she stood over me while , complaining bitterly , I changed into my jacket and returned with her to the revels . |
| 20 | Oh her mum was delighted to see me . |
| 21 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 22 | Simon was supposed to take me for lunch an hour ago , ’ she said , hearing herself rattle on , yet unable to stop , ‘ but he seems to have forgotten and I 'm hungry and — ’ |
| 23 | Richard was supposed to remind me . |
| 24 | was supposed to pick me up from work , okay ? |
| 25 | And she was supposed to say I ca n't afford |
| 26 | Yeah , but she gets more allowance this week cos she was supposed to give me bloody thirty five quid she owes me . |
| 27 | Jenny was supposed to meet me at the airport . " |
| 28 | This was supposed to make me fit to fly a Hurricane ! ’ |
| 29 | This was supposed to make me feel better . |
| 30 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |