Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lay still for what seemed like ages , my eyes were riveted to the figures lying in the road . |
| 2 | We entered the room and Mum began to look round , but my eyes were drawn to the bed . |
| 3 | I saw white wool carpets on the gleaming floor and also glimpsed clothing of the costliest taffeta , lace and cambric , but my eyes were drawn to the great silk-draped four-poster bed . |
| 4 | In the report of this study 14 of 28 episodes of severe hypoglycaemia which occurred in my patients were attributed to the wrong insulin and patients were subsequently excluded selectively . |
| 5 | The girl 's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice . |
| 6 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 7 | Despite a flaring anger at this impertinence her eyes were drawn to the strong column of his throat as he swallowed . |
| 8 | Her legs were curled to the side , slender with dainty ankles curving to small , arched feet . |
| 9 | In 1857 its functions were transferred to the Court of Probate . |
| 10 | Most of their criticisms were related to the survival ‘ of a nineteenth century tradition that council members must themselves be concerned with actual details of day-to-day administration ’ ( Maud 1967 , Vol. 1:1X ) . |
| 11 | Even as far away as Australia commentators talked about a quiet revolution in the way Australians and their communities were responding to the types of learning challenges being presented to them by the changing social conditions of the 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 12 | The English study site , in Dorset , was a group of four old flooded clay pits between 225 and 830m apart ; the distances were critical because , in addition to finding out how often toads moved between ponds , the researchers wanted to know if their movements were related to the distance between ponds . |
| 13 | They had to be : their needs were tailored to the environment and their capabilities for life within it , rather than an acquisition target that related to profitability and plain old materialism . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember which days were allocated to the other rooms , but Friday , Kitchen-day , was unforgettable . |
| 15 | When this was fed back to the operators , they were quickly able to see how their actions were contributing to the effluent and to make substantial reductions in the amount of ammonia leaving the plant . |
| 16 | A notable feature of the greenstones which have played such a crucial role in the social life of the New Zealand Maori is that their sources were confined to the South Island , whereas due to the warmer climate and the requirements of important food plants , population was mainly concentrated on the North Island . |
| 17 | The explanation may be that older women who had often completed their families were recruited to the study . |
| 18 | Even so , all her powers were put to the test when she flew to America to interview Madonna . |
| 19 | Both saints were subjected to the elaborate canonisation procedure before their names were added to the roll up yonder , and down yonder in the Vatican . |
| 20 | Analysis of the retrieved papers was then carried out to determine which publications were related to the author 's thesis . |
| 21 | Analysis of the retrieved papers was then carried out to determine which publications were related to the author 's thesis . |
| 22 | Whether their instructions were followed to the letter is , of course , a different matter ; they do , however , come from an era when short cuts and convenience were frowned upon and considered synonyms for dirtiness and sloppiness . |
| 23 | Its founders were clinging to the wreckage , not setting out on a brave new voyage . |
| 24 | Her hands were sticking to the wheel . |
| 25 | The principle on which students were admitted to the Holy Cross was for testing and training , with no guarantee that they would finally be ordained . |
| 26 | It was claimed their daughters were taken to the barn for sex after a pub night out with Harper and his friends , Wisdom Smith and Daniel Winter , both 19 . |
| 27 | The unions complained that thousands of workers had lost their jobs or had their pay cut after their jobs were transferred to the private sector . |
| 28 | She had no knowledge of the town ; her impressions were confined to the bus ride to and from school , and to various coffee bars and shops in the centre . |
| 29 | The Consumer Congress called for a working party to draft a code of good practice and it was intended that working party should make use of the information generated by the 1988 transport workshop , whose discussions were reported to the congress . |
| 30 | A spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Nov. 19 that following the agreement reached during Vellayati 's visit Iraq 's Revolutionary Command Council had " decided to pardon all convicted Iranian prisoners and those whose cases were referred to the judiciary , a total of 239 " . |