Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the ordnance survey map of Ben Lawers proudly declared a Visitor Centre at the base left me no choice in the route I was to take to the top . |
| 2 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 3 | One dank afternoon I was summoned to the Gorengs ' lounge . |
| 4 | Eight people described consequences of school closure which were related to the extent or the quality of interaction and social cohesiveness within the community . |
| 5 | To make a long story short , I finally arranged for Service to record a brief message on tape which was flown to the Yukon and broadcast over loud-speakers during the cinema 's opening ceremonies . |
| 6 | His parents hope the tape which was taken to the hospital this morning by the Cheetah 's co-promoter Peter York will help Dean regain consciousness . |
| 7 | In a taped interview which was played to the jury , Paul said : ‘ I just thought it was like a little tap on the head and that he would be all right . |
| 8 | Robyn rose early to skies that promised a truly blissful day of warm summer sunshine , showered and dressed and then drove off in her dilapidated jeep which was packed to the gunwales with everything she might possibly need for the day ahead . |
| 9 | Many of the relevant rules appear in a Code of Practice which was circulated to the police when the Act came into force . |
| 10 | The user must now edit the module header to include all the other modules which the package is to contain and to replace the dummy entries which were added to the header as defaults by LIFESPAN . |
| 11 | The men of No. 1 Troop , all volunteers , included Territorials ( men who had been civilians doing part-time army training ) , some regulars , and reservists like Lance-Corporal Weatherall who were recalled to the colours . |
| 12 | For more than 30 years Brooklands was the home of hundreds of races , the scene of many record attempts , and the testing ground for manufacturers who were restricted to the 20mph speed limit on Britain 's roads at the time . |
| 13 | Even in the compartment he was explaining to the other half dozen men who had no option but to listen , how the New York Giants would have taken both of them on , one after another , and still have had time to take on the Chicago White Soxs as well . |
| 14 | When he reappeared apologetically in London to plead for clemency he was sent to the Tower , while in the north itself the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland blundered into ill-planned revolt . |
| 15 | Even the pods he was giving to the pigs , he would have liked to have eaten himself . |
| 16 | Following penicillin and cefotaxime administration he was transferred to the intensive care unit , where he made a complete recovery . |
| 17 | We used to work there from half past twelve till five o'clock at night , taking the bucket out and put another bucket in because the buckets what they used to call the bushes what were connected to the links they used to wear and we used to have to take them , one of them out and used to have a big chain go right the way round and bring the , bring the buckets backwards and they used to loosen up all the , all the pins what used to go through the buckets in the , in the links , so we took them out and then they used to go up to the dock and br they put new bushes in . |
| 18 | She was an eloquent speaker , with a beautiful voice , and drew an enthusiastic response which was to lead to the official recognition of the Mothers ' Union as a diocesan , national , and international organization , with Mary Sumner as its leader . |
| 19 | He advanced to the Seine , slipped across it at Poissy and , with Philip 's army hard on his heels , he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque by a ford which was revealed to the king in the nick of time , possibly by a prisoner to whom Edward offered enough money to buy the vital information . |
| 20 | With the house came two hundred acres and he added more land later , planting woods which were bequeathed to the nation , with the house . |
| 21 | This was not much of a promise , and Acheson himself was coming to the view that the British deserved some further reassurance . |
| 22 | The first week in July I was called to the Malet Street premises of the University . |
| 23 | As a child I was taken to the dread Hector McDarroch in Glasgow and he did my dental work right up to my teens Friends of my youth tell me that he inspired a similar lasting fear in them , too , and in fact there must be a whole generation of Glaswegians who feel the same . |
| 24 | Although Douglas was eventually acquitted of any offence , his initial conviction and the methods of the police — which included presenting in court what they claimed was a transcript of their tape of his speech , but which was only one third of the length of another tape-recording which was played to the court — led many Free Presbyterians and sympathizers to believe that the whole force of the state was being directed against them . |
| 25 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 26 | The leave-taking this time was formal , bearing none of the displays of emotion that had marked Prince Richard 's departure — the queen-dowager was but bidding farewell , it was thought , to her son 's bride , a young lady who was going to the royal palace within the Tower to keep company for a time with her husband . |
| 27 | During the journey we were informed that tomorrow , we were going to go and see the Queen who was coming to the small town to visit the hospital . |
| 28 | The Scouts had rushed skiddingly from one pod to the next , annihilating languid swanky drugsters , warbling liquorites , squirming orgiasts who were responding to the war in their own indulgent style , if they even heeded it at all . |
| 29 | But suddenly reality was distorted and in her dream she was pulled to the ground and the two of them began digging at her chest with the rakes . |
| 30 | So prior to the funeral , which was to be held in the church attached to the great house , Artemis was despatched with her nanny to Scotland , to stay with relations in a remote castle , where once more no reference whatsoever was made to the tragedy . |