Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus her choice of the quaint word , ‘ sweet ’ is no coincidence ; sweetness is the quality Victorian men were taught to prize in a woman above all others . |
| 2 | Normally after offering their silent prayers all three children were dismissed to play in the garden and were not recalled until the offertory food was removed from the altar at the end of the ceremony and eaten along with other dishes at a festive family supper . |
| 3 | As a crucial feature of their role in cultural reproduction , schools were expected to inculcate in the nation 's children a proper sense of patriotic moral responsibility . |
| 4 | However , those who came to Remaisnil for meetings could not but be struck by a paradox ; they were expected to remain in the château for meals and afterwards , until they retired to bed . |
| 5 | These were similar to those signed with Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland in June 1990 [ see p. 37535 ] , which were expected to result in the signature of free trade agreements with EFTA in the first half of 1992 . |
| 6 | They tend to be out on their own , away from towns or villages , for they were built to stand in the midst of their acres . |
| 7 | We are wired for hunting — for the emotions , the excitements , the curiosities , the regularities , the fears and the social relationships that were needed to survive in the hunting way of life . |
| 8 | They were told to wait in the hall for the time being , until it was decided what should be done with them . |
| 9 | We went up to the top floor and were told to sleep in a room full of grey metal bunks and steel lockers , and to sleep fully clothed to avoid the lice . |
| 10 | They were told to enter in a book the goods and income of all men . |
| 11 | Then we were requested to assemble in the lobby , ready to be taken to the Riverside Theatre for the opening public event . |
| 12 | After all , they were going to live in a village they had never even seen , and during the next hour or so they would discover what manner of place their new home was . |
| 13 | One thing that I had grasped about the whole business was that we were going to live in a country area where there would be lots of wildlife , and I had heard of King Arthur , of course . |
| 14 | ( They showed me how deep they had advanced into Russia and I showed them what we were going to do in the West . |
| 15 | She had n't realised that they were going to breakfast in the suite or even that she would share breakfast with him . |
| 16 | When he knew they were going to surrender in the morning , he slipped away from his unit . |
| 17 | So at that point then did you almost give up hope that you would be rescued ? that you more or less were going to end in the sea at that point ? |
| 18 | Customers were invited to join in the fun for 50p a throw . |
| 19 | Companies were invited to invest in the market it is considering a ‘ modest ’ contribution to help bail out those affected . |
| 20 | In 1987 , with the approval of the local medical and optical committees , Islington general practitioners and optometrists were invited to participate in a pilot prompting project . |
| 21 | The 380 members of the General Practitioners in Asthma Group were invited to participate in the audit . |
| 22 | All non-industrial civil servants aged 35–55 working in the London offices of 20 departments were invited to participate in the study . |
| 23 | Patients were invited to participate in the study if endoscopy confirmed an acute , uncomplicated duodenal ulcer greater than 5 mm in diameter , and if there was a history of at least one duodenal ulcer during the previous 12 months . |
| 24 | Patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy because of suspected duodenal ulcers were invited to participate in the study . |
| 25 | The inhabitants of the valley were invited to help in the planning of the scheme and health and welfare facilities were provided . |
| 26 | ‘ You were bound to ask in the end . |
| 27 | When human life could be expected to last two or three times as long as it had done in the Middle Ages , great changes were bound to occur in the way men thought about themselves . |
| 28 | And and er and there er I began to learn what the what what things were beginning to happen in the coal fields . |
| 29 | The scenery was fascinating ; mountains were beginning to appear in the distance , beckoning to her with a blue , misty enchantment , to which she responded with a longing she could n't believe she possessed . |
| 30 | The qualities of independence , singularity of viewpoint , and readiness to move far afield in pursuit of his inner wishes ( a characteristic of his father 's early career ) were beginning to appear in the son . |