Example sentences of "it was impossible for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was impossible for me to visit The Key Gallery , Glasgow where her work was exhibited from 15th to 30th May .
2 " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for .
3 He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’
4 I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week .
5 The only thing she understood was that having told Eliot she would help Shildon , it was impossible for her to back out .
6 Handicapped by serfdom , primitive agricultural methods , and the far-flung , inconvenient location of her natural resources , it was impossible for her to keep pace .
7 One young woman stated that it was impossible for her to come off and stay off while her partner was still using :
8 We do not need to be told that the factory girls were probably doing their best to make sure that it was impossible for her to pass without brushing against them , and that this would be construed as an insult .
9 But Stephen made no reply , and it was impossible for her to tell what he was thinking behind his impassive face .
10 With two hundred students it was impossible for her to know everyone but she enjoyed the air of camaraderie , companionship , being in it together , the sense of fun .
11 Women 's Cooperative Guild members also contrasted them unfavourably with their own more democratic Guild meetings , deploring the way in which ‘ ladies came and lectured on the domestic affairs in the workers ’ homes that it was impossible for them to understand' .
12 Once inside the shop , however , acrimony faded ; they were so alike that it was impossible for them to work together and be at odds .
13 As Barth once put it , he and Brunner were like the elephant and the whale : both were God 's creatures , but it was impossible for them to meet !
14 It was impossible for him to mount the motorbike before Wilkie .
15 It was impossible for him to have escaped on his own for the door was secured by a wedge , pushed through a hasp to hold the hinged staple in place .
16 It was impossible for him to comprehend .
17 It was impossible for us to pay her direct debit whether it was 25p or £25 overdrawn .
18 ‘ At 2.4% for items over FFr300,000 it was impossible for us to compete , now it is possible ’ , said M. Curiel .
19 And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’
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