Example sentences of "[was/were] flown [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1981 , the military took charge of the Bourequats , and they were flown by helicopter to the mountains , and taken blindfolded by truck to Tazmamert . |
| 2 | They were suffering from hypothermia and were flown by helicopter to hospital . |
| 3 | Standing by , were six Red Devils from the Parachute Regiment who were flown by helocopter to their drop point above the Thames , close to the Savoy Hotel in London . |
| 4 | The release of prisoners of war by Iraq was officially described as completed when a total of 45 prisoners-of-war had been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( 10 on March 4 , comprising six US personnel , three British and one Italian , and 35 on March 5 , comprising 15 US , nine British , nine Saudis , an Italian and a Kuwaiti , who were flown from Baghdad to Riyadh on March 6 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Jock ’ Norwell , Jim Pickering , Harry Ayre and ‘ Drac ’ Bowerman were flown from Luqa to Egypt in a Wellington piloted by newly-promoted and decorated Plt.Off . |
| 6 | Travelling on a false passport made out in the name of James Richardson , Bourke travelled by train from London to Paris ( apparently without encountering any problems with the police who were searching for him ) , and thence by air to Berlin where he crossed into the eastern sector and shortly afterwards was flown to Moscow to be reunited with Blake . |
| 7 | From there , Mr Major was flown by helicopter to the Whitbread Hop Farm in a more attractive part of the county . |
| 8 | She was flown by helicopter to hospital in Orlando . |
| 9 | She was flown by helicopter to hospital in Orlando . |
| 10 | The 32-year-old Californian was flown by helicopter to hospital with chest and back injuries and suspected fractures to one or more vertebrae . |
| 11 | He was flown by helicopter to the Royal London Hospital , in Whitechapel , east London , where he underwent emergency surgery . |
| 12 | He was flown by helicopter to the Royal London Hospital , Whitechapel , east London , where surgeons ruled out emergency surgery after initial investigations . |
| 13 | It was flown by Wade to fourth place in the 1938 Thompson Trophy race . |
| 14 | A wealthy man , without flying experience , was flown from London to Paris by his pilot . |
| 15 | He was flown from Edinburgh to Manchester airport before being taken for a tearful re-union with his mother 's parents . |
| 16 | Valerio Viccei , 37 , who is thought to have got away with £26 million from the daring robbery , was flown from Heathrow to Rome where he faces questioning over 50 unsolved crimes . |