Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They cheered a little louder for the home side but there is nothing wrong with that and I was just delighted to be a part of it all . |
| 2 | I dread to think who Uncle Joe had transferred his twisted ‘ affections ’ to , but at the time , I was just relieved to be free of his attentions . |
| 3 | The island was my home now , not my prison , and I was just happy to be alive . |
| 4 | I was also thrilled to be invited to the wedding of Jack Woolley and Peggy Archer , a small family and village affair at which Peggy looked demure in a cream silk chiffon frock ; Jack and best man Nelson Gabriel were devastatingly handsome in their grey morning coats . |
| 5 | I was secretly glad to be sharing . |
| 6 | We felt less cut off from society as a whole and I was particularly pleased to be able to listen to good music on a regular basis . |
| 7 | The miming aspect of it was a drag but I was really glad to be on there to dispense with all those horrid people . |
| 8 | I was really glad to be going out with Mary instead of Mum ; I do n't think Mary had ever asked if she could take me with her before . |
| 9 | I was quite pleased to be back home but I missed the excitement of the trips and wanted to go back for just a few more days . |
| 10 | And although much of this was , by the record that he gives , painful , at the very end of it he says , quote , ‘ I found to my surprise that I was quite glad to be done with the whole subject ’ . |
| 11 | Having not heard either work for some years , I was pleasantly surprised to be reminded what a delightfully unaffected piece the Missa choralis , in particular , really is . |
| 12 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 13 | I ca n't even remember the length of the putt for par , I was so relieved to be away from the hole without any damage . |
| 14 | We became inseparable , and I was so proud to be seen walking with him , to enter a concert hall with him and let others see us sit down together at café and restaurant tables . |
| 15 | Three sons I had given him , and still he did not love me as I was so desperate to be loved . |
| 16 | I was so excited to be a young bride going off on tour to Europe . |
| 17 | I do n't recall it very well , for it happened before I came , and I was too young to be much interested , in any event . ’ |
| 18 | I thought I was too clever to be kept at bay by his all-pals-together manliness , but I was wrong , Harry , so wrong it 's almost laughable . ’ |
| 19 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 20 | I may have rebelled , but I was too weak to be a rebel . |
| 21 | Not only that — they also thought , because I 'd gone to the grammar , that suddenly I was too snooty to be friends with them . |
| 22 | You said I was too big to be carried . |
| 23 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |
| 24 | In fact it is downright unfriendly and I was very pleased to be at the top . |
| 25 | At first I was very thankful to be alive . |
| 26 | And I like erm erm knitting and crocheting and I like cycling and I like running and erm I like walking and erm I was very fortunate to be able to go to Nepal the other week . |
| 27 | ‘ I was very surprised to be nominated but very honoured , ’ said Mr Rees , recently retired chairman of the North Wales Arts Association . |
| 28 | We already knew each other because he lives in Winchester , and I was very flattered to be given the commission by him . |
| 29 | ‘ I was very lucky to be saved by him , ’ Robbins says now . |
| 30 | In the darkness I felt in the hands of God , someone who could do anything He liked with me , even though that someone was more likely to be Mr Slieman , the manager , who with his pencil moustache looked more like a used car salesman and was constantly trying to show Louise , the cashier and kiosk girl , his collection of prophylactics . |