Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 200 residents were evacuated to a nearby police station . |
| 2 | TWO men who used an imitation firearm to carry out a robbery were sent to a young offenders centre at Belfast Crown Court yesterday . |
| 3 | If only he could come across a barn in which he could seek refuge from the full force of the gale … but visibility was limited to a few strides . |
| 4 | She was invited to a few parties , kissed good-night outside her door in South Kensington , taken out to lunch by a young man training to be a chartered accountant , and to an Italian film by another who was ‘ in the City ’ ; she was beginning to forget about Rupert when one evening towards the end of January she was later than usual leaving Toogood and Shelve , the publishers , where she worked as secretary to Mr Shelve . |
| 5 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 6 | During my lengthy spell abroad , I was seconded to a public relations unit , run by a delightful and eccentric colonel . |
| 7 | He was sent to a young offenders ' institution for three years . |
| 8 | Paul Dart , 18 , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for four years when he admitted crimes including armed robbery . |
| 9 | Yesterday , Hill , of Gosport , Hants , who admitted manslaughter , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for 2½ years . |
| 10 | Let me quote from last Saturday 's Oxford Mail : ’ A teenager whose night of joyriding ended in the death of a lorry driver , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for two years . |
| 11 | O ’ Neil was sent to a Young Offenders ' Institute for four years after admitting aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm . |
| 12 | Stevenson , 20 , of Grendon Walk , Park End , Middlesbrough , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for a total of 21 months and banned from driving for two years . |
| 13 | Hayman , a first offender , was sent to a young offenders institution for three years . |
| 14 | A 16-year-old girl from Bermondsey , south London , was sent to a young persons ' institution for four months yesterday after being found guilty at Seymour Place juvenile court of causing grievous bodily harm to Francis Ruth Waite , 24 , daughter of Terry Waite , held hostage in Lebanon . |