Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was my theological college and I was anxious to be sound and reliable . |
| 2 | Although I was anxious to be there I did n't get the chance because Mrs Smith gave birth to a baby girl in the early hours of the morning later that week . |
| 3 | Then came the delicious moment of the aperitivo , that sense of the whole city beginning to wind down towards lunch , which I took at any one of a dozen excellent and welcoming restaurants where I was sure to be hailed and called over to one table or another . |
| 4 | At first I was exhilarated to be able to make such a statement . |
| 5 | I was fortunate to be granted full refugee status in under a year , this entitled me to bring my family here . |
| 6 | Arthur Benjamin and Ira Dilworth became close friends , and I was fortunate to be associated with both . |
| 7 | I was fortunate to be able to include in addition to my own account a lecture by the former Lord Justice Devlin in which he took the fourth Appeal Court severely to task for the illogicality of its reasoning and for usurping the functions of the jury , and a chapter by Bryan Magee about his efforts over the years to try to persuade the Home Office to reopen Cooper 's case . |
| 8 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 9 | I was right to be cautious . |
| 10 | He was a dear , lively little man with the bluest of blue eyes who had himself became a fanatical Anglophile , devoting his life until well into his eighties to the furtherance of Anglo-German relations ; and I was proud to be asked to give one of the brief tributes to him at his memorial service at the German Embassy . |
| 11 | When I won an essay competition in 1957 on " Why I was proud to be a citizen of Leeds " , organised by the Variety Club of Great Britain and the local evening paper , the big event in my London visit was not Buckingham Palace , nor having Norman Wisdom put his arm round me , but gazing at a skiffle group which had played in the 21's coffee bar with Tommy Steele . |
| 12 | And I was proud to be the " vitnery " and part of the life of the town . |
| 13 | I was pleased to be on the move again . |
| 14 | I was pleased to be able to announce that I had followed many of their therapies , but fearfully expressed my alarm and disappointment that having religiously performed my visualizations , cancer may have returned by the back door . |
| 15 | I was pleased to be invited to contribute a foreword for this new journal on technology transfer , not least because its title — Competitive Edge — so aptly sums up what we all want British industry to achieve . |
| 16 | I was pleased to be asked to join the topic group for its last discussion in Newtown . |
| 17 | I was pleased to be sitting here with a strong drink , pleased that I was n't staked out on the basement floor , playing the romantic lead in a snuff movie . |
| 18 | Lord , I was pleased to be free of the place , following the white beaten track first west around London , then south across the downs to Dover . |
| 19 | It was still early morning and , having been unable to confirm my flight by phone ( surprise , surprise ) , I was relieved to be here in good time . |
| 20 | I was relieved to be back in Wiltshire . |
| 21 | I was relieved to be roped up for this . |
| 22 | As an aggressive , grubby schoolkid and a keen stargazer , I was desperate to be the first to go . |
| 23 | ‘ I was delighted to be asked to speak at the opening of this exhibition to mark the Centenary of the Diocesan Vestment Guild . |
| 24 | During my wife 's pregnancy , I was delighted to be invited to a dads-to-be session at our health centre . |
| 25 | At first I was delighted to be at home again . |
| 26 | I understand that the pilot schemes have proved effective and I was delighted to be told in answer to a parliamentary question this week that other pilot schemes elsewhere in the country will be launched . |
| 27 | " I was delighted to be part of it . |
| 28 | I will be launching the birthday year in January when I hope that among other things , we might succeed in gaining recognition for Eglantine Jebb and our many achievements for children and I was delighted to be asked to chair the birthday advisory group and to be closely involved with activities during nineteen ninety four . |
| 29 | But I was delighted to be asked and I must say that I found Heffernan 's style of management very much to my liking . ’ |
| 30 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |