Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to [noun] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Feltham cars were sold to Leeds at £720 each . |
| 2 | AN ARMY bomb disposal team were called to farmland at Medstead last week to investigate a suspect device . |
| 3 | At the very successful Potential Teachers ' Day in July , 29 students were introduced to Medau at training level and were given background information about the syllabus and course structure . |
| 4 | Six of his retainers were put to death at York on the day of his own execution , together with another eleven rebels , including Roger Clifford and John Mowbray , whose claim to the lordship of Gower had been set aside by the king in 1319 . |
| 5 | During 1942 any remaining Londons were returned to Saro at Cowes for breaking-up . |
| 6 | British Rail Engineering says it accepts that Mr Hayward was exposed to asbestos at work which led to his death.But it disputes the amount claimed.The Judge will decide on the claim tomorrow . |
| 7 | The Administration Order , which has existed for about 100 years with hardly anyone noticing , was limited to cases at present below the £5000 threshold . |
| 8 | Mr Hiram was flown to hospital at Bangor . |
| 9 | innocuous tale ‘ edited ’ by Pickwick while he was confined to bed at Dingley Dell , and read by him to Wardle and Trundle . |
| 10 | This was received , but was addressed to Warr at Kabrit via the operations branch at MEHQ . |
| 11 | The aircraft was saved from the scrapman 's axe when it was moved to Mourillan at Toulon in the south of France , for use as a training airframe . |
| 12 | After a long apprenticeship with Celtic Boys Club , playing as a winger then a defensive sweeper , Nicholas attracted the attention of several English league teams and was invited to trials at Ipswich , Wolves and Manchester City . |
| 13 | Today I was invited to tea at Lady Emily 's to meet Krishnaji . |
| 14 | Before he left he was invited to dinner at Buckingham Palace by George V and Queen Mary . |
| 15 | On the 8th of January Mr Utterson was invited to dinner at Doctor Jekyll 's house . |
| 16 | A fine boy ( John X ) was born to Elisabeth at term , as well as another to the young control girl . |
| 17 | The rose was still unnamed when he was introduced to Hannah at Stokesley Show . |
| 18 | Even that proved not enough to save her ; less than a year after her father 's passing , she finally succumbed to the illness which had beset her for so long , and was laid to rest at St John 's . |
| 19 | It fell to William , the only son left in London , to prove the will , which he duly did on 22 October at the Principal Probate Registry ; the body was laid to rest at Abney Park Cemetery , Stoke Newington , grave no. 66,417 . |
| 20 | William , we may remember , had thoughtfully provided himself with a burial plot many years before : so square L9 , grave no. 62,076 it was , as he was laid to rest at Abney Park . |
| 21 | Robert Spence 's Swordfish C-GEVS ( see the August issue ) had not gained its Permit to Fly on August 31 so was restricted to taxi-ing at Muirkirk , Ontario , during the Labour Day fly-in . |
| 22 | Dog handlers wearing protective clothing , caged the dog and it was brought to kennels at Newhnam on Severn . |
| 23 | I first recall the line in 1959 when as a young boy scout I was taken to camp at Pont-y-Pant . |
| 24 | He landed on the person 's head who had given the ring to Tim in front of him and was sent to court at Newgate . |
| 25 | Thieves stole a £1,000 generator which was chained to scaffolding at Bondgate , Darlington on Monday afternoon . |
| 26 | 4th April 1898 the lighting was changed to gas at Bridgewater which probably means that it was in service in that area . |
| 27 | An early aircraft it was returned to Boeing at Everett for structural testing to destruction on April 5 , 1988 and the Science Museum were lucky enough to secure a cross section , including the upper deck . |