Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’ |
| 2 | One evening , a few days later , I was invited to talk to Mr Rochester after dinner . |
| 3 | Before being taken on I was asked to go to Parma because the ‘ Big Boss ’ , as he was called , wanted to interview me . |
| 4 | ‘ It turned out to be extremely good for me because within twenty-four hours of leaving I was asked to go to Hollywood and prepare Scrooge for Paramount Pictures . |
| 5 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 6 | I was asked to write to Wyre Borough Council about this and I enclose a copy of the letter I sent . |
| 7 | to write to the Health and Safety Executive asking for a report on their findings of their investigation into the causes of the explosion , and erm after several letters , if you recall at the last meeting I was asked to write to MPs and so forth . |
| 8 | Once I was told to cut to ground level everything in the border , which I did . |
| 9 | The only place I was allowed to go to school I think . |
| 10 | On the third Sunday I was allowed to go to Church , the Parish Church of Fulmer . |
| 11 | Donkey Lane It was intimated that a considerable number of horses were galloping along this road which was bound to lead to deterioration of the surface . |
| 12 | Donkey Lane It was intimated that a considerable number of horses were galloping along this road which was bound to lead to deterioration of the surface . |
| 13 | Suddenly he realised the single glaring inconsistency in any line of argument which was designed to point to revenge or the settlement of a grudge as a motive for the attempt . |
| 14 | Soon he was absorbed in the workings of the pistol , which was designed according to principles that were new to him . |
| 15 | Work developed using a variety of apparatus , each with its own qualities , which was found to lead to freedom of movement , encouraging depth and breadth of swing , resilience and flow whilst stimulating enjoyment . |
| 16 | THE owner of a valuable horse which was found bludgeoned to death said yesterday she believed the killing was carried out by someone with a grudge against her . |
| 17 | All this time , her cries and weepings had so increased in volume and in duration ( sometimes she cried for five or six hours ) that she was forbidden to go to church , and had to be confessed and absolved in a private chapel . |
| 18 | No , she said , she was allowed to go to discos and watch videos , so who cared ? |
| 19 | But for John Knox , ‘ so she was sold to go to France , to the end that in her youth she should drink of that liquor ( the Catholic faith ) that should remain with her all her lifetime , for a plague to this realm and for her final destruction ’ . |
| 20 | It 's this ‘ woman as victim ’ angle that particularly bothers other female musicians , especially Miki Berenyi , who was moved to write to Angst after Steven Wells ' Daisy Chainsaw interview ( wrongly ) alluded to Katie Jane Garside having been mentally and sexually abused as a child . |
| 21 | POLICE are hunting the killer of a drugs centre counsellor who was found battered to death at her office in Worcester . |
| 22 | They were kept in the house overnight and yesterday morning one was told to go to work as normal at the west Belfast shop . |
| 23 | The strange one was booked to fly to Johannesburg for concerts but when the whole country , practically , took to the streets , he changed his mind . |
| 24 | She 'd known that it was bound to lead to Arnie . |
| 25 | Thus in 1779 , when it was desired to refer to Choiseul 's despatches relating to the Family Compact of 1761 , they could not be found and copies had to be obtained from Madrid . |
| 26 | It was intended to go to Cserka , where 25,000 Muslims are trapped by besieging Serbs . |
| 27 | The world would be a better place if it was predisposed to listen to Blackwomen 's voices . |
| 28 | How may it speak to us , as it was designed to speak to Torquatus the Roman ? |
| 29 | A second Expeditionary Force was despatched across the Channel to France , but it WAS forced to return to Britain almost immediately because the French government asked Germany for an armistice , on 17th . |
| 30 | He was heard to say to Winner , ‘ You know , I feel that in this sequence I 'm running a bit too slowly . |