Example sentences of "i was [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was my theological college and I was anxious to be sound and reliable . |
| 2 | At first I was exhilarated to be able to make such a statement . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 5 | I was right to be cautious . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was content to be shy . |
| 9 | I was content to be silent . ’ |
| 10 | I was grateful to be alive . |
| 11 | I was inclined to be star-struck and would creep into the gallery to listen to some of the singers . |
| 12 | Before I was Minister of Health , I was inclined to be sceptical of the utility of this hierarchy , especially of the tier interposed between the minister and the direct administration of the hospitals . |
| 13 | I realised that I was lucky to be able to go to England and teach . |
| 14 | I was lucky to be able to go to school in Parma and not spend all my life in Fontanellato , which was the fate of many ; and on the whole my schooldays were enjoyable . |
| 15 | Victory when it came I found tasteless , I was ashamed to be envious of air crews who were able to turn up at reunions with a crew intact , and they still can even 40 years on , and relive those cruel yet wondrous days when the composition of a crew was as binding as the sanctity of marriage . |
| 16 | I was surprised to be able to stand and read as long as I liked without feeling a hand on my shoulder . |
| 17 | Porterfield added : ‘ We started well but lost it a bit and I was happy to be level at half-time . |
| 18 | UNFORTUNATELY , I was unable to be present at the luncheon at a London hotel on Tuesday when the Duke of Gloucester presented the first English Tourist Board car park awards . |
| 19 | Daunting and preposterous as the task appeared , I was glad to be busy again , of use . |
| 20 | I was glad to be able to say something . |
| 21 | ‘ I was glad to be able to help Silas . |
| 22 | I was glad to be able to say that we had something for them in return — we were bringing a distinguished visitor in the person of George Turner , a Llangollen stationmaster in BR days , before the line was closed . |
| 23 | Accordingly I was glad to be able to write to her formally on 10 October : |
| 24 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 25 | After all I was supposed to be clever . |
| 26 | I was supposed to be delicate . ’ |
| 27 | I was supposed to be interested because the chap had sometimes been here doing electrical repairs . |
| 28 | I knew from my family history I was likely to be vulnerable to cancer and luckily it was diagnosed and treated in time . |
| 29 | She had talked to me about Tom and Oliver , but only , it seemed , because she thought my children were all I was likely to be interested in . |
| 30 | It was just after this that I was privileged to be able to visit the British Museum and by the courtesy of Mr Rex Barker , son-in-law of the landlord of the Five Bells , Mr McCaffery , I was able to view and handle the remains of our oldest inhabitant . |