Example sentences of "[vb past] to [be] content [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surrounded by imperial possessions and troops he had to be content to remain active only within its walls . |
| 2 | Not that Crispin was a weak man , but he was a very busy one , and had to be content to leave the management of their joint lives largely to his highly capable wife . |
| 3 | But his secretiveness extended to not even telling them that , and they had to be content to accompany him as he turned left at the foot of the steps that led up to the station entrance and headed for the quays . |
| 4 | For the moment they had to be content to occupy the episcopal city and from there keep a watchful eye on their enemies . |
| 5 | Sadler , however , although being keen to identify and chart the existence of air currents , had to be content to place his trust in the wind and fly wherever it chose to take him . |
| 6 | So Deborah had to be content to ride on a tree branch every Saturday morning on her way to Pack Meeting but she did long to be on the back of a real pony again and to help in the stables as she used to do , and learn how a pony should be shoed , cared for and fed , and to know and do the other things required to pass the Pony Rider test . |