Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hilary Wainwright did begin to raise such questions in stating that truly radical television would have to address the needs of its audience if it was to be able to ‘ imagine the real messy , [ business of socialism ] ’ . |
| 32 | Again Jennie stressed how important it was to be able to use the hand and leg independently . |
| 33 | How essential it was to be able to work , and to be blessed with the will to work . |
| 34 | Mildred leapt to the floor and sat there for a moment , reflecting how nice it was to be able to jump such an amazing distance without getting hurt . |
| 35 | How wonderful it was to be able to stop a car on impulse and bathe in a pool of crystal-clear water ! |
| 36 | How nice it was to be able to use all of the pedestrian walkways and see the beauty of them just as the planners visualised . |
| 37 | On July 1st he was writing to say that he was back at the studio , and how delightful it was to be free of catheters , bougies , and syringes . |
| 38 | How marvellous it was to be free ; how appalling it would have been to have had to wash some man 's socks and cope with his whingeing children . |
| 39 | He realised that if he was to be successful he would have to take them at speed . |
| 40 | He knew that if he was to be sure of winning he had to hole it . |
| 41 | This funny fat fool , this symbol of old-style decency was drowned at sea the other day just after declaring how happy he was to be alive . |
| 42 | General Hodge thus had the first of the many tempestuous scenes in which he was to be involved with Rhee over the next two years . |
| 43 | In this he was to be disappointed . |
| 44 | And if in this new life he was to be alone … well , he had been alone for most of his life . |
| 45 | One of the things they taught me was to be independent of doctrine , for their separate advice to me was contradictory . |
| 46 | The unifying factor between them was to be dynastic and personal . |