Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was close to tears in the dressing room when Wolves scored . |
| 2 | I was used to syringes but the very sight of them was too much for many of my friends . |
| 3 | ‘ I assumed he was unmarried and I was used to men coming on to me , ’ she says . |
| 4 | But I I was , I was bored to tears ! |
| 5 | You know , because i it was absolute , I was bored to tears ! |
| 6 | Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time |
| 7 | ‘ As Head of the Drama Group , I was privy to problems of scheduling . |
| 8 | ‘ I was thrilled to bits when I was approached to take a part in the show , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 9 | So erm I was thrilled to bits cos that long cupboard that 's in that bedroom , that from the same person that we got the table from . |
| 10 | But it also brought a smile to manager Brian Horton , and I was thrilled to bits for him because he 's taken a lot of stick over recent results . |
| 11 | As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times . |
| 12 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
| 13 | Then he give up , he got , you know , older and we bought the pony off him and she was used to rounds , you see , and she was used to pulling , after you 'd started going down the Fen she knew all the places . |
| 14 | She was close to tears now . |
| 15 | Mrs Lomax fumbled with the ignition switch and Jack could see that she was close to tears again . |
| 16 | Her voice rose , and she knew she was close to tears . |
| 17 | ’ She was close to tears . |
| 18 | She was close to tears during the aria ‘ Move him into the sun ’ . |
| 19 | She was exhausted , she was close to tears or laughter , she was probably getting drunk , topping up on last night 's alcohol . |
| 20 | Actually she was close to tears . |
| 21 | She was near to tears . |
| 22 | She was near to tears . |
| 23 | She was near to tears and relishing the feeling in a sad sort of way . |
| 24 | ‘ She was thrilled to bits , ’ he said : ‘ The pictures are innocuous and she never gave any indication she was unhappy about them . |
| 25 | But when her letter said how tasty these little organic chaps can be when placed close to carrots , peas and gravy , I should have seen that she was open to contradictions . |
| 26 | She was sensitive to voices . |
| 27 | ‘ If you was partial to herrings , ’ said Alex . |
| 28 | It was due to scholars such as Lazarsfeld in providing a logic of social research which encouraged the making of the connection between research problems in biology , particularly eugenics , which had stimulated the development of inductive statistics , and those of social research . |
| 29 | In particular , it was contrary to articles 7 , 52 and 221 in as much as it created a complete barrier to freedom of establishment in the United Kingdom for individuals as owners and operators of fishing vessels and as directors and shareholders of companies owning or operating such vessels . |
| 30 | And one of the most experienced U-boat commanders , Adalbert Schnee , who had been on sixteen patrols and later became a member of Dönitz 's staff , gave evidence that it was contrary to orders to kill survivors and that there could be no excuse for what Eck had done . |