Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Determined but polite efforts were made to interest her in the purchase of tomatoes , plums , oranges , artichokes , mussels , scallops , chickens and even a swordfish steak . |
| 2 | They were ranked to meet him in the misty rain , every soul from castle and clachan , fidgeting and nervous , and in front of them all Marion Aluinn , eager to break the tense silence , lovely in her excitement . |
| 3 | The girls were allowed to visit him in the clinic . |
| 4 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 5 | ‘ Soliciting … she was known to have men at her house and was seen to stop them in the street . |
| 6 | As home secretary , he had psyched himself up to batter the police unions and the chief constables , but on penal policy he was pushed to find anything in the agenda of Tony Blair , his Labour counterpart , to quarrel with . |
| 7 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 8 | No one else was allowed to overrule her in the boardroom . |
| 9 | I was allowed to see her in the visiting room , but if some of the girls knew you were from C1 they 'd call you muppet . |
| 10 | Anon she was not placed in the royal vault ; rather the opportunity was taken to put her in the Villiers vault in 1776 when the neighbouring Percy vault was opened for the reception of the remains of the First Duchess of Northumberland . |