Example sentences of "[adj] she [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as a small child she was so inspired by anything to do with the theatre that at six she was sent to the Barbara Speake stage school in Acton , west London . |
| 2 | When her kindergarten time was up , her parents engaged a modelling tutor to come in twice a week , and she was so good that at the age of 7 she was admitted to the Dover School of Art where she stayed until she was eighteen . |
| 3 | In February 1940 she was writing to the Chief Rabbi to report on two of Solomon Schonfeld 's children who had turned up unannounced at Bloomsbury House . |
| 4 | In 1909 she was introduced to the Strachey family . |
| 5 | The following morning , accompanied at Aunt Emily 's command by a trembling Lyddy who was sure she was going to the very mouth of Hades , Alexandra was driven out to Trelorne , dressed very much as she had been when she trespassed along the shore . |
| 6 | As early as 1551 she was sent to the Princess Elizabeth ‘ to drawe owt her picture ’ . |
| 7 | In 1890 she was elected to the school board at Bradford and the West Riding education committee . |
| 8 | In 1988 she was called to the bar and now practises in London . |