Example sentences of "[vb past] to be content [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , at forty-three , he had to be content with cardboard bloaters ! |
| 2 | It was afternoon — the morning had gone on Crabb Robinson — which meant that all the ample , high , soft-blue leather desks along the spokes of the great wheel that radiated from the Superintendent 's desk , ensphered by the Catalogue , were taken , and he had to be content with one of the minimal flat triangular ends of the late-come segments inserted between these spokes . |
| 3 | From 19 BC none but the emperor was permitted to enjoy a triumph , and victorious generals had to be content with the nominal honours of the ornamenta triumphalia . |
| 4 | The net result of having so many favoured people around was that tickets for the Kirov and Bolshoi ballets were obviously rationed , and we had to be content with second league fixtures of circus and puppet shows to fill any gaps in the programme . |
| 5 | To be horrified — surely the purpose of the horror movie — we had to be content with films about psychopathic killers who lurked in bushes or deserted mansions . |
| 6 | If the race had been over 62 metres then I felt I would have won , but there are no championships at this distance so I had to be content with second place . |
| 7 | Even then , most great men had to be content with ‘ motte and bailey ’ , with a mound having a wooden lookout tower on top as a central defensive position , and a large enclosure surrounded by an earth rampart in which living quarters could be sited . |
| 8 | In disbelief , Montgomerie had to be content with third spot . |
| 9 | She had hoped for an audience with the Prime Minister , but had to be content with the publicity of being there . |
| 10 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 11 | Ian 's kid sister , who was playing mothers and fathers with her friends in the crawl space under the porch , said it was marvellous , so they had to be content with this infant praise and with taking her and her mud-covered friends for a ride round the block . |
| 12 | Nigel assured me that it would be more efficient than the wheel and produce considerably more electricity , and I had to be content with that . |
| 13 | On only one occasion was I given an address , and had to be content with those of head offices . |
| 14 | Ryder Cup star Steven Richardson finished in joint third while world number one Nick Faldo , seeking a fourth successive European tour victory , had to be content with joint 17th place . |
| 15 | But at the age of twelve I knew that a falconry course was way beyond my means , so for the time being I had to be content with reading about it . |
| 16 | Apart from that , Barbara had to be content with what happened on almost every Saturday night of their life together . |
| 17 | After 1967 , when it was no longer a separate organisation , it had to be content with only a provisional annual budget . |
| 18 | Both men had cars capable of winning the world title but that honour went to the Argentinian , while Moss had to be content with the runner-up position although he did record his first Grand Prix victory at Aintree in 1955 . |
| 19 | In 1988 he moved again , this time to Lotus , but he had to be content with watching the McLaren duo of Alain Prost and fellow Brazilian Ayrton Senna in front of him for most of the season . |
| 20 | In some , the potential of TTT was wasted because support teachers were marginalized ; in others , highly experienced and qualified coordinators had to be content with a merely facilitating role . |
| 21 | To his chagrin , Jane was not appointed to any official position during World War I , and had to be content with privately supporting naval recruiting and propaganda . |
| 22 | We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! |
| 23 | But the windy conditions put paid to that , and he had to be content with finishing the 26 miles 385 yards ( 42.195 kilometres ) course in 2 hours 46 minutes 51 seconds . |
| 24 | Before they parted it seemed to Sophia that he was trying to draw Ianthe aside , as if to make an assignation with her , but she gave him so little encouragement , indeed seemed almost to avoid him , that he had to be content with looking forward to the doubtful pleasure of meeting the whole party the next evening after dinner at the Trevi fountain . |
| 25 | He had to be content with that . |
| 26 | As it was , she had to be content with glaring at him , subsiding beneath the Dame 's amused chuckle . |
| 27 | But the Willowfield man was not to be caught and Paddy had to be content with second place with Lyle fading to finish fourth some 15 seconds behind third-placed man Greg Luke ( North Belfast ) . |
| 28 | Banbridge teenager Raymond Burns , the only Northern player unbeaten in the competition , had to be content with a half in his match with Derek Basquill before Robbie Hutton , Neill Anderson and Dale Baker were all defeated . |
| 29 | The opportunities for social advance were there for all to grasp , but in practice most had to be content with their station in life . |
| 30 | The Holy Roman Emperor , the shah of Persia and the sultan in Constantinople were honoured with large sheets ( the fact that two of the three were non-European illustrates how large a role Asia still played in Russian foreign policy ) , while the kings of Sweden , Poland , England and Denmark had to be content with smaller ones . |