Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , when there is some snow on the hills in the summer you ca n't do much , so they are very carefully made and some of them are connected to a computer , so if you have a very good coach with you he can say ‘ You 're going that right , no do it a bit more like this , or a bit more like that ’ . |
| 2 | Or if I am called to a meeting that does not have a purpose written on the agenda , I demand to know what the purpose of the meeting is , before we start . |
| 3 | As a result of my union work , I 've come to understand how I am linked to a chain too . |
| 4 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 5 | ‘ Listen , ’ said Arthur , ‘ I 'm committed to a standard of absolute honesty . |
| 6 | The day after we first visited the castle , my sister and I were treated to a walk along the cliffs . |
| 7 | JC : Peter , do you remember that really worrying evening when you , Ben , William and I were invited to a dinner party by the Harewoods at Orme Square [ May 18,1953 ] ? |
| 8 | Senior registrar appointment committees assume that accreditation is necessary before someone is appointed to a consultant post and that accreditation will be granted only after four years of higher training ( eight years for a doctor training half time under the PM(79)3 scheme ) . |
| 9 | A fortnight ago , I was invited to a meeting of Somali refugees in East Ham town hall . |
| 10 | ‘ I lived my life in Siglo XX as described in the book until 1980 , when I was invited to a conference on women in Denmark . |
| 11 | I used to wonder what on earth people found to talk about for so long , and on the occasion when I was called to a neighbour 's telephone in Baldersdale , I was so uneasy that someone had to hold it to my ear . |
| 12 | About three years ago , I was called to a bread commercial : Windmill Bread . |
| 13 | I was called to a house and there was a man in agony . |
| 14 | I was dragged to a place that I found later was the premises of the Secret Police , ‘ the complex ’ , code named ‘ Fixed Point One ( FP1 ) ’ . |
| 15 | I was sent to a boarding-school — ’ She made an angry gesture with her hand . |
| 16 | Although I was shackled to a radiator , my blindfold was removed and I was given a cup of water and a sweetmeat . |
| 17 | I would have defended it and its people to the death and was understandably disillusioned when , on my arrival , I was beaten to a pulp because of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 . |
| 18 | I was referred to a number of other Acts in which the word ‘ maladministration ’ is used in that sense , namely the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 , Local Government Act 1974 , National Health Service Act 1977 and Social Security Act 1990 . |
| 19 | I was referred to a hospital specialist who said there was debris on the jelly of the eye . |
| 20 | " I was asked to a lunch party . " |
| 21 | The other night I was asked to a wine tasting . |
| 22 | ‘ I did not apply for the job but after I was asked to a meeting with the chairman , Jimmy Baxter , I was impressed by East Fife 's ambition , ’ said Totten . |
| 23 | Then I was driven to a luncheon engagement with Mrs Charles Blaney at her club , the University Women 's . |
| 24 | ‘ I was taken to a room which I had to share with three others , two Indian women and one black man , ’ she told me . |
| 25 | I was directed to a table set under one of the deep arches and which already had one occupant . |
| 26 | I was nearly in love , I was proposed to a couple of times ; on the other hand , I once went for a year without men , without sex — both seemed too much trouble . |
| 27 | Er I was handcuffed to a radiator in the nude and urinated on . |
| 28 | When I arrived , a little nervously , at West London , I was introduced to a man called Ron Roddan , a sprint coach who trained people such as Trevor Hoyte and Steve Green , both internationals . |
| 29 | I was forced to a standstill , gagging on the charnel stench of the place , suddenly aware of aeons of jackdaw mortality . |
| 30 | When I began to be seen around camp with a new face , I was subjected to a lot of nudging and winking from those who did n't know the facts , and people came up to me with knowing smiles on their faces , saying , ‘ I see you 've got a new boyfriend ! |