Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was quite prepared to go to court . |
| 2 | Earlier in my visit I had spotted some castings on his scrap heap which I was fairly sure belonged to a turbine . |
| 3 | I was too upset to go to school . |
| 4 | and I could n't even blot him out cos I was too nosey to listen to what he was talking about . |
| 5 | Pointer needed no further encouragement and I was too intrigued to object to floundering through the frozen bracken . |
| 6 | I was too defiant to return to such an art school , so cramped , so bunged up with petty authority . |
| 7 | and you assume something 's gon na happen and just cos , I mean I was too embarrassed to speak to him on like Monday and Tuesday |
| 8 | I was too scared to talk to anyone about them , because I did n't think they 'd understand , and I never wanted you to find out as I though it would destroy you . |
| 9 | I was too scared to speak to her because she was a bit on the large side and had a pair of glasses sitting on the tip of her nose and she struck me as a very bossy , short tempered teacher . |
| 10 | I was too scared to admit to her what had happened to them , so I said Mrs Smith would tell her . |
| 11 | Despite intensive instruction during the World Cup , I was still unable to get to grips with offside by the time Tomorrow Belonged To Germany . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , I was only able to get to the Newbury Rally for one day this year . |
| 13 | I have very clear memories of when I was about eight going to sleep every night to the pipe band practising . ’ |