Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Her glance was drawn back to the bed again when , clearly befuddled , and with no idea how he came to be where he was , he slurred , ‘ How did I get here ? ’ |
2 | The RAF 's Vulcan XH558 bomber was handed over to the Walton family by the station commander at RAF Waddington , Lincolnshire . |
3 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
4 | When the last goodbyes and blessings on him had been murmured by the ladies , two dimmed lanterns were provided by Mrs Prynn the housekeeper , and the priest was led down to the kitchens and into the stables , under the floor of which a tunnel led steeply down to the shore . |
5 | Following the other girl 's fixed gaze , Anita noticed that a large black chauffeur-driven limousine was drawing up to the edge of the road . |
6 | The new minibus was handed over to the school yesterday in a ceremony attended by governors and members of the Eastbourne Parent Teachers Association . |
7 | The intention was to hand over to a new social democratic party and a younger generation of leaders less tainted with the communist past . |
8 | A health board spokesman said the wages ' computer tape was handed over to the Clydesdale Bank on Wednesday , as normal , which would have allowed processing of the £1,360,000 wage bill in time for withdrawal yesterday . |
9 | This telegram was sent on to the Prime Minister 's office in London and on 29 April Winston Churchill ruled [ HP 41 ] that all anti-partisans ( including by inference " Croats " and " Slovenian White Guards " who were mentioned to Churchill in an accompanying minute by Sir Orme Sargent ) should , as Stevenson urged , " be disarmed and placed in refugee camps " . |
10 | The only other alternative was to go back to the cottage , as well he 'd known . |
11 | The goat 's mask figure was lowered on to the chair . |
12 | A tricky wind was blowing on to the anchorage and what with snakes and the prospect of getting wet I lay off for lunch . |
13 | The bug was traced back to the Farmoor treatment works which only started supplying Swindon from last August . |
14 | After this the heifer was knocked down to the plaintiff . |
15 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
16 | The ore was taken down to the lake , boated down to Nibthwaite , carted from thence to Penny Bridge or Greenodd , ( the latter was quite a busy small port ) from where it was shipped to the Macclesfield Co's. smelters at Liverpool . |
17 | His debt gathering work was handed over to a colleague once the legal aspects of it had been sorted out . |
18 | The cathedral was begun by Russian architects in 1471 but part of the building collapsed in the earthquake of 1472 so the work was handed over to an Italian architect and engineer , Aristotele Fioravanti from Bologna . |
19 | ‘ A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that all materials and finishes co-ordinate effectively and that the work was carried out to the highest possible standards , befitting a grand old Bank , ’ said Tony Caroli , Property Project Manager . |
20 | So the flask was handed over to a nice woman who would fill it with soup , probably ‘ potage de Jean-Claude speciale au tomat de can ’ , in the morning . |
21 | After a critical and commercial drubbing was dealt out to the last SCRITTI POLITTI album , GREEN GARTSIDE ran to the hills to lick his wounds . |
22 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
23 | The plan was to go down to the south coast and camp . |
24 | When I originally found the frame I thought how pretty it would look if the green of the surround was carried through to the mount and the colour of the picture . |
25 | Conquest was almost half full of water after the passage , but she was bailed out and motored carefully towards the NE corner of the island where the bow was run on to the shingle at the water 's edge . |
26 | Disagreement arose within the PLO regarding its composition and the issue was referred back to the Executive Committee . |
27 | She did n't fall heavily , but lightly , as if a piece of muslin was drifting down to the carpet . |
28 | After walking from 9am to 4pm all were invited to a dance at the Assembly Rooms , and the ‘ enlivening sport was kept up to a late hour ’ , according to a newspaper report . |
29 | As the elder girl was taken out to the car , with police and social workers on either side of her , she turned round , touched her mother 's arm and said ‘ Are you all right , Mum ? ’ |
30 | the anniversary of its incorporation or , if its last return was made up to a different date , the anniversary of that date . |