Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was such an important discovery that the Mayor and Corporation were persuaded to inspect it the following afternoon and the whole village turned out to wait for them . |
| 2 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
| 3 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 4 | He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’ |
| 5 | Her alarmed personal physician Dr Michael Roth was forced to give her the stark warning when she refused to rest up completely . |
| 6 | And eventually Doyle was forced to tell him the whole story . |
| 7 | He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’ |