Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 2 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 3 | In those circumstances the only option open to a government , determined to return Rover to the private sector , was to sell it to a British company which was not involved in the car industry . |
| 4 | His aim was to reconvert them to a Unitarian Christianity devoid of superstition . |
| 5 | Her decision was extremely painful , for Beatrice believed ( as it happened incorrectly ) that she was committing herself to a celibate life for ever : |
| 6 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 7 | Lydia was resigning herself to a long stretch of celibacy . |
| 8 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |