Example sentences of "had been ordered [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in January 1758 , however , Lieutenant Home 's brother , David Home of Wedderburn , complained that the promise had not been kept and that the lieutenant had been ordered to join a fireship at Spithead which was being prepared for foreign service . |
| 2 | On Feb. 10 a Thai military commander announced that Myanman troops had been ordered to halt the construction of a bridge across the Moei River near the Thai border town of Mae Sot . |
| 3 | Everett , who had been ordered to take a rest at 98 trips , was testing aircraft at the Group Maintenance Unit when he heard that there was a spare aircraft going a-begging at his old squadron . |
| 4 | A spokesman for Gorbachev condemned the attack as an attempt to spoil his meeting with G-7 leaders in London , and said that Interior Minister Boris Pugo had been ordered to investigate the affair . |
| 5 | The mortgagor had been ordered to pay the mortgagee 's costs which had been taxed at £60 . |
| 6 | So Marko told her that he had been ordered to build a tower out of elephants ' tusks . |