Example sentences of "we were [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were pleased to be awarded a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus , Thistle and Miller platforms . |
| 2 | Many , like myself , thought we were unlucky to be the victims of Sidcombe 's third victory of the season . |
| 3 | We were delighted to be on land again , and while the men looked for a river or a lake , I walked for about a kilometre away from the beach . |
| 4 | ‘ In the last financial year we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 5 | ‘ In the financial year just completed we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | With Ernest Morgan that made five and we were fortunate to be able to persuade a young Japanese student , on holiday from U.B.C. , to join our party as cook and housekeeper . |
| 7 | We were fortunate to be in Luxor in mid-summer when the heat makes it off-season . |
| 8 | How we managed without all these aids — in fact by merely buying a coffin and getting on with it — I ca n't imagine , but I know that we were lucky to be living in the UK and not the US , where the open coffin , or at least one quarter open at the head end , is de rigueur . |
| 9 | They used to ‘ baby-sit ’ for us at a time when teenagers resent a ‘ sitter-in ’ , for we were glad to be able to leave Shanti in their care without her realising it — they were there anyway . |
| 10 | We were privileged to be received at the fine new Council Offices in Stornoway . |
| 11 | We do claim credit for having detected this anger and for having spent a year in working to set up a public meeting at which Thornaby people could express it , but even there we were careful to be non-party political and as a result of that meeting , with the support of Thornaby people and the town 's MP Tim Devlin , we are now carrying the campaign to the proper quarter . |
| 12 | And as it happened , we were likely to be able to go . |
| 13 | We made it absolutely clear to Mr. Millan and the Commission that we were prepared to be flexible and to listen to any representations . |
| 14 | It was early evening , about seven o'clock ; I was wearing a short skirt and no coat , because the weather was warm , and we were supposed to be going out . |
| 15 | In fact , we were supposed to be doing something with Eric and John , but Eric could n't make it , or perhaps did n't want to . |
| 16 | At that point the band broke up , even though we were supposed to be doing a lot more touring . |
| 17 | And it was a trekking possibility we were supposed to be exploring ! |
| 18 | But anyway I flared up and said that sort of remark was what we were supposed to be fighting the war about and I went for him . |
| 19 | ‘ At the time , we were supposed to be coming to use neurotropic qualities of tetrodotoxin and datura to save lives by slowing the bleeding of our wounded soldiers . |
| 20 | Although how we were supposed to be able to afford to rebuild , I had no idea , but whenever I queried anything he would just laugh and tell me to leave it all to him . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought , ’ said Robert , grimly , ‘ that we were supposed to be Muslims . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We were supposed to be travelling incognito , but a ‘ Carry On ’ film was showing on the Rock at the time , so he was mobbed and we were whisked through customs very quickly . |
| 23 | We have to admit that each one of us could fail in what we were supposed to be doing and in fact then we could work together , that we could forgive each other and that we could support each other in our work . |
| 24 | He says : ‘ There have always been mail orders firms and telephone shopping and , at one stage , we were supposed to be on the verge of TV shopping . |
| 25 | Cos we were supposed to be on the rota . |
| 26 | Oh well we d did n't know if we were supposed to be congregating with rest of the people , or what so we just wandered we wandered down the hall |
| 27 | Rather than , sort of , go from Manchester by plane what , they decided they 'd drive down and take the car over so we were supposed to be going for a meal and they said , where shall we go for a meal ? |
| 28 | We , we , we were supposed to be going there this year , we had it booked up and every thing , we lost our hundred pound deposit . |
| 29 | Ah we were supposed to be gon na like have a little gathering for my birthday party , well not normally a birthday party |