Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The anti-aircraft rockets I fired were propelled up to a height of 1,000 yards .
2 Or maybe a process of natural selection had winnowed out the overworked and discontented , the theoretical and jaded and left the few who were propelled back to the school by the same affection , curiosity and remembered enthusiasm that had drawn us .
3 Two boys were remanded in to the care of the local authority by Leeds youth court last night .
4 Naval vessels were also contributed by Belgium and Italy ( which both on Aug. 21 confirmed that minesweepers sent initially to the eastern Mediterranean were to proceed on to the Gulf ) ; Greece announced on Aug. 20 that a frigate would join the naval forces in the Gulf , and Spain made a similar announcement the following day .
5 Off you go , ’ and I gathered we were to go back to the beginning and start again .
6 When process of care measures were reanalysed after excluding the 21 patients who were referred back to the hospital clinic other than through the prompting system , all process of care measures in table IV remained more frequent in the prompted subgroup ( n=65 prompted subjects ) .
7 To make the car secure , railway sleepers were built into the cliff edge and joints were welded on to the bottom of the vehicle , acting as hinges .
8 The police soon banned these as offensive weapons , especially when steel spikes were welded on to the toecaps , and more subtle weapons had to be found .
9 Ray Angel put the final touches , adding echo and reverberation when the voices were relayed down to the studio floor .
10 Hungry hacks were flown out to the set to experience the four S's for themselves .
11 Two large boulders were rolled on to the road and they sat down to wait , guns at the ready .
12 There was scarcely any time for a cigarette before we were hustled over to the equipment store .
13 Emergency repairs were carried out to the hotel and houses , many of which had damaged roofs and broken windows , throughout yesterday .
14 The tower was off limits , after all , and someone was just ensuring that the Baron 's orders were carried out to the letter .
15 In the ‘ rotunda ’ of Chicago Central of 1892–3 the main ribs of the vault were carried down to the floor .
16 Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No !
17 Then , my eyes were lifted up to the hill which overshadows the old city .
18 Following the end of cloth-making , the mill buildings were let out to a number of tenants , providing some employment .
19 However if you were let in to the secret that x stands for the number 10 then you can work out this problem in the following way unc
20 Mrs Archer told her that apart from three vacant rooms ‘ for the tourism ’ , all the others were let off to the council , who put homeless people into them .
21 At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square .
22 Heinrich and Martha were walking back to the Reach hand in hand .
23 We dropped anchor offshore , and passengers and baggage were off-loaded on to a barge .
24 Cargoes were off-loaded on to the stone docks , and again they caught the sharp pungency of unknown spices .
25 The day was cold , with flurries of snow and people were muffled up to the eyes .
26 Then they were whisked off to the museum , while we stayed at the hotel waiting for news of our flight to Nanking .
27 After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability .
28 Then they were gliding in to a crown of diamond lights and it was time .
29 While the threat of wholesale destruction failed to materialize , the cathedrals were turned over to a variety of secular uses .
30 Although he produced valuable results at St Andrews , his major contributions did not come until later , as half the time he spent there coincided with the First World War , when the laboratories were turned over to the production of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals .
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