Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to [art] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cartoons caused outrage when they were leaked to the press last week . |
| 2 | The statements of Dr Baltimore 's which the NIH 's Office of Scientific Integrity finds ‘ most deeply troubling ’ were made to the NIH last year . |
| 3 | When the results were shown to the press last autumn the reviews varied from ‘ utterly cinematic ’ City Limits , to ‘ utterly unpromising ’ Sunday Telegraph . |
| 4 | This news was given to the world last night , at , of all things — a women 's lib meeting ! |
| 5 | The removal of the NACF grant was disclosed to The Scotsman last night by a senior source within the university . |
| 6 | She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective . |
| 7 | It includes exciting inter-active visitor displays and is housed in the museum 's purpose-built exhibition hall , which was opened to the public last year . |
| 8 | THE EFFICIENCY of the Nature Conservancy Council is praised by a government review committee under Sir Derek Rayner whose draft report was handed to the council last week . |
| 9 | She also mentioned I was going to the dentist next week ( correct ) , I would travel often ( debatable ) and that I would still end up with a lot of money ( probably wrong ) . |
| 10 | Her two hands went to her face ; then she was flying to the door next to the factory and , hammering on it , called , ‘ Tommy ! |
| 11 | The Government were defeated that evening by 72 votes and MacDonald was summoned to the Palace next day . |
| 12 | The country 's most popular horse race was reduced to a shambles last April when 30 riders failed to realise that a second false start had been called and the event had to be declared void . |
| 13 | The situation was brought to a head last year when a woman was knocked over by a bus in Prebend Row . |
| 14 | The wreck , snagged by a fisherman 's nets in 1989 about 100 miles south of Vung Tau on the coast of Vietnam , was brought to the surface last year and emptied , last week , into Christie 's salerooms in Amsterdam . |
| 15 | Most of this was brought to the surface last century , when mining of other metals was also important . |
| 16 | ABSOLUT vodka , the third largest selling vodka and the 17th biggest-selling spirit brand worldwide , was imported to the UK last month , marketed by Rivalage . |
| 17 | The plan was submitted to the SAC last October . |
| 18 | Rovers ' reserve side was admitted to the Pontins second division at a special meeting at the expense of Wigan Athletic . |
| 19 | The Old Bailey jury trying Celia Palmer , 18 , and her boyfriend Danny Palmer , 17 , for the murder of baby Christopher Palmer was sent to a hotel last night despite asking to be allowed to begin deliberations . |
| 20 | Strong was sent to the hospital last year after he admitted the manslaughter of his landlord , retired broker Ronald Baker , 70 , at Benfleet , Essex . |
| 21 | He told the court : ‘ She was chained to a table next to a fan heater to help dry her coat after grooming . |
| 22 | While more than 1,000 university and polytechnic staff signed the letter , which was released to the press last Friday , others have condemned it as unrepresentative . |