Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nour said ( he really did say it ) that I was disobedient to him to persist in feeding the cat . |
| 2 | Knowing what they shared was enough for now , and she was content for him to pick his moment , take his time and let Celeste down gently . |
| 3 | She was desperate for me to say something , but I would n't , I could n't . |
| 4 | At the time I thought she was keen for me to do my bit to help others but I 've since found out that while I was getting a prick in my arm she was ( I know what you 're thinking ) getting some peace and quiet . |
| 5 | In the face of mounting pressure the British government at last sensed it was incumbent on them to act . |
| 6 | He began on a note of defiance : " If what is meant by that is that the President of the Republic has personally taken the decisions which it was incumbent upon him to take , that is entirely correct . " |
| 7 | ‘ It was nice of him to give you that bracelet . |
| 8 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 9 | She hesitated , and then said very sweetly to comfort him : ‘ And it was nice of you to think of my reputation . ’ |
| 10 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 11 | He was n't a very good poet , I do n't think , but it was nice for him to see his poems printed for once . |
| 12 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 13 | It 's not my family you know , ’ because it was better for her to stop . |
| 14 | Schiller had pleaded , once again going through the many reasons why it was right for him to gain a seat on the council . |
| 15 | I explained that we men were ready to stay if the meeting felt it was right for us to do so . |
| 16 | She realised it was thoughtless of her to have rushed out and not said where she would be going , nor that she would n't want anything to eat . |
| 17 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 18 | It was illegal for him to enter into such an agreement . |
| 19 | It was unreasonable of him to expect her to know what it meant to people like Mrs Appleby to receive a visit from an employer . |
| 20 | It was callous of him to embitter and spoil their parents ' lives . |
| 21 | ‘ It was crucial for us to secure this contract . |
| 22 | ‘ But both Graham and I knew it was impractical for me to continue in the job and remain as manager of Exeter . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The cases in which the principle has been applied are cases in which the nature , scope and purpose of the function vested in the repository made it unlikely that Parliament intended that it was to be exercised by the repository personally because administrative necessity indicated that it was impractical for him to act otherwise than through his officers or officers responsible to him . |
| 24 | It was easy for them to feel that they were struggling to restrain their ally from some madcap act . |
| 25 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 26 | It was easy for me to pretend to be in love with the Princess . |
| 27 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 28 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 29 | Joe wrote nearly every day to Sarah , enclosing the letters in an envelope addressed to Maureen , and now it was easy for her to deliver them . |
| 30 | And it was simple for you to take a holiday ? ’ |