Example sentences of "[conj] was [adv] [vb pp] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm we used to get complaints about kerb crawlers , but as you know , we had a a new law that was allegedly attributed to Nottingham , which made it an offence to , in certain circumstances to kerb crawl , looking for prostitutes . |
| 2 | The idea of Dr Bray 's libraries or something very similar , but for the use of the lay public without any missionary purpose , spread across America backed by Benjamin Franklin and was soon re-exported to England , where it formed the basis of the public libraries as we know them , first as subscription libraries , then as public libraries supported by the rates . |
| 3 | Robert Polhill , a US lecturer , was freed in West Beirut on April 22 and was immediately driven to Damascus by Syrian security officials . |
| 4 | Brian Keenan , a teacher with dual British-Irish nationality , was handed over to Syrian Army officers in West Beirut on Aug. 24 and was immediately driven to Damascus to be freed and flown home . |
| 5 | It is knotted in a combination of silk and gold thread , and was reputedly presented to Frederik III 's queen , Sophie Amalie , by the Dutch East India Company in 1666 . |
| 6 | He received medical treatment in Benin and was later flown to France . |
| 7 | So Ron and I went down to Broadlands , the country house on the Test at Romsey which had once belonged to Lord Palmerston and was later left to Edwina Mountbatten , the admiral 's wife . |
| 8 | Una Marson , the Jamaican poet , had worked with Orwell , and was well known to West Indian listeners . |
| 9 | From a child she had taken ballet and modern dance lessons and was naturally drawn to Medau after seeing a lecture demonstration . |
| 10 | It was first published in 1857 , with a second slightly amended edition in 1858 , and was significantly dedicated to Hope . |
| 11 | I suspect that the mulberry sauce — we are not told for what manner of meat it was intended — may have originated somewhere in Asia Minor and was perhaps brought to Italy after the Venetian conquest of Constantinople in 1204 A.D. It could equally have come via Persia or Afghanistan where , as in Turkey , the berries of the white or silk mulberry are dried to provide a supply for the winter . |
| 12 | In 1842 Buddicom went to France to work on the Paris–Rouen railway , which opened in 1843 , and was subsequently extended to Le Havre . |
| 13 | The painting was consigned for sale at one of Sotheby 's European offices and was subsequently transferred to London with the knowledge of Scotland Yard 's Art and Antiques Squad . |
| 14 | In August 1920 , almost by chance , he was attached for a year to the small peacetime signal intelligence organization in London , and was then posted to Simla in India , where for eight years he performed cipher-breaking duties with remarkable success . |
| 15 | He was ordained at Leeds Cathedral by Bishop Wheeler on 20th May , 1967 and was then appointed to St Joseph 's , Handsworth , Sheffield . |
| 16 | He arrived in Split aboard an RAF VC10 , and was then taken to Tomislavgrad and the Redoubt , a high altitude forward post , by helicopter and armoured car . |
| 17 | He arrived in Split aboard an RAF VC10 , and was then taken to Tomislavgrad and the Redoubt , a high altitude forward post , by helicopter and armoured car . |
| 18 | He was taken to Countess of Chester Hospital , but was later transferred to Whiston . |
| 19 | Storrie fled but was later traced to Blackpool . |
| 20 | He was originally held in Safi Prison , where he developed diabetes in 1988 , but was then transferred to Marrakech where his family lives , and so could visit him regularly and provide him with the food necessary for his diabetic diet . |