Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was instructed not actually to conclude a sale without first referring back to his principal ; he was to receive commission if a sale was concluded . |
| 2 | PEST exterminator Frank Murray was called on yesterday to SAVE a swarm of wasps . |
| 3 | The Amble lifeboat was called out yesterday to take a crewman with a gashed hand off an oil rig support ship in the North Sea . |
| 4 | It was tolerated well enough to become a useful drug , but it had a very brief period of action ; 6-MP is attacked by the enzyme xanthine oxidase , a normal constituent of the human body ( and of widespread occurrence elsewhere ) and is converted to a substance , thio-uric acid , which is not active against tumours . |
| 5 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |
| 6 | The idea was that this was a way of ironing out minor disputes , but the clause was worded widely enough to cover a dispute arising out of wrongful termination of the contract . |