Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] of [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His little blue bright eyes , hard and round , that seemed this morning to be protruding out of the shallow creamy lakes around them , were full of hate for her . |
| 2 | Only 5 days ago , the rescuers were full of hope for the mission . |
| 3 | It is no wonder that many passengers arrived on board with dozens of pieces of luggage and that the periodicals were full of adverts for trunks with unbelievable numbers of drawers , compartments , locks , straps , flaps and buckles . |
| 4 | ‘ The youngsters who visited your trailer were full of enthusiasm for all they had seen and done . |
| 5 | When they left home yesterday , they were full of confidence for the second leg of their play off campaign . |
| 6 | The two little boys were full of ideas for games and , even if most of them ended rather predictably in throwing the sofa cushions at their grandfather , they showed considerable powers of invention . |
| 7 | ‘ When they opened the cases , they were full of presents for us ; Russian dolls , tablecloths hand-made by their families . |
| 8 | Unusually tall , even for the Plaza troupe which was her line , her excellent dancing seemed to come so naturally to her , that the other Girls were full of praise for her work . |
| 9 | Guests were full of praise for the culinary delights , and the branch was able to add £527 to its funds . |
| 10 | Er but that were full of praise for the activities of the fire service in particular and whilst most was levelled out the N R A Southern Water to some extent District local authority er were coping incredibly well and continue to do so . |
| 11 | The audience were full of praise for the whole production . |
| 12 | And I had a catalogue the other day from a , an environmental erm agency it was n't Greenpeace it was something like that that were ac actually now offering these soap savers that we used to have in the war to press your bits of soap into Magazines were full of tips for saving fuel . |
| 13 | Doing things to patients which they were capable of doing for themselves was also wasteful of resources : |
| 14 | Churchill was contemptuous of Butler for occupying so marginal a Cabinet post — ‘ wiping the children 's noses and smacking their bottoms during war-time ’ — and exhorted him to steer well clear of the Public School question and , even more , of the religious settlement . |
| 15 | For the duration of the evaluation this space remained undeveloped , and although minimally used as a work area by some children , its main function was that of storage for an embryonic collection of newspaper cuttings . |
| 16 | Need has been variously defined , but in this study needs were deemed to be unmet if interventions were acceptable to the client and the following applied : ( a ) for activities of daily living a person was dependent on help from the carer and this dependence could be reversed by provision of an aid ; ( b ) for communication disorders there had not been an assessment by a speech therapist ; ( c ) for services ( day care , respite care ) a referral had not been made to the appropriate agency and subsequent referral proved successful ; and ( d ) for benefits the client or carer was unaware of eligibility for benefits , an application had not been made , and subsequent application was successful . |
| 17 | He was glad of Nathan for the close work , preferring by far to dictate to him , as he had used to do to Dinah , than to write directly in his own hand . |
| 18 | Valerie 's got some wee ‘ do ’ on tonight and I popped over to Hyndland Road this morning because she was short of ramekins for her starters and the wee souls were all over Gran with their Selection Boxes , honestly any more would sicken me . |
| 19 | When Henry V of England was short of cash for the French wars he pawned one of his crowns , probably the Plantagenet crown , to the Mayor of Norwich . |
| 20 | He had seen Cocteau 's film on the subject several times , was full of admiration for it and wanted to achieve a similar of Cocteau . |
| 21 | The following year Mazarin commissioned Francesco Buti , the librettist of Rossi 's Orfeo , to recruit Italian singers and write another work , Le nozze di Peleo e di Theti , for which a Roman composer Carlo Caproli supplied the music and in which the dancers included not only Lully but the 15-year-old Louis XIV who was full of admiration for him . |
| 22 | Ann was full of congratulations for them , but Harry had an attack of the grumps . |
| 23 | I lived but one day of the spring in 1816 and I was full of love for it — and of hate for what man had done to change that sturdy and natural order . |
| 24 | Bathsheba 's young heart was full of pity for this sensitive man who had spoken so simply and honestly . |
| 25 | His voice was full of pity for himself . |
| 26 | I think the night was full of dreams for all sorts of people . |
| 27 | Of the two Asian models for Vietnamese independence , China and Japan , China was always more immediate and when at last the Chinese Empire fell to pieces and the Manchu dynasty ended in 1911 , the impact of this revolution was full of promise for Vietnam . |
| 28 | Tony 's interests had been wider at one time , but now his mind was full of plans for his marriage with Helen , and his new car . |
| 29 | Shadow Environment Secretary , Bryan Gould , said that the paper was full of suggestions for action by others but " extremely thin on any measures that will be taken by the government " . |
| 30 | Now , in Quindale vestry , putting on his Lenten stole ( regarded as unacceptably High Church by some of his deanery ) Peter was full of remorse for his petulance . |