Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Two boys were remanded in to the care of the local authority by Leeds youth court last night . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Off you go , ’ and I gathered we were to go back to the beginning and start again . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ray Angel put the final touches , adding echo and reverberation when the voices were relayed down to the studio floor . |
| 9 | Hungry hacks were flown out to the set to experience the four S's for themselves . |
| 10 | Two large boulders were rolled on to the road and they sat down to wait , guns at the ready . |
| 11 | There was scarcely any time for a cigarette before we were hustled over to the equipment store . |
| 12 | Emergency repairs were carried out to the hotel and houses , many of which had damaged roofs and broken windows , throughout yesterday . |
| 13 | The tower was off limits , after all , and someone was just ensuring that the Baron 's orders were carried out to the letter . |
| 14 | In the ‘ rotunda ’ of Chicago Central of 1892–3 the main ribs of the vault were carried down to the floor . |
| 15 | Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No ! |
| 16 | Then , my eyes were lifted up to the hill which overshadows the old city . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square . |
| 20 | Heinrich and Martha were walking back to the Reach hand in hand . |
| 21 | Cargoes were off-loaded on to the stone docks , and again they caught the sharp pungency of unknown spices . |
| 22 | The day was cold , with flurries of snow and people were muffled up to the eyes . |
| 23 | Then they were whisked off to the museum , while we stayed at the hotel waiting for news of our flight to Nanking . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | All had their sails up and all were looking out to the Solent , not back towards the red foils approaching them at 35 knots . |
| 27 | Seven hundred reports of sightings were phoned in to the Starling Squad , to be pinpointed on a map of Leicestershire . |
| 28 | The airport control tower was built out from the roof of the house and several huts of varied design were built on to the ground floor as reception , customs and office areas . |
| 29 | The church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth-century and converted into a warehouse , at which time its art treasures were moved out to the Brera where they still remain , despite the church having been reconsecrated in the twentieth-century . |
| 30 | The papers , covered with crosses and signatures , were passing back to the organizers . |