Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [be] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his intense disappointment he was taken to hospital with an internal disorder , and missed the opening of the battle . |
| 2 | Later that evening he was taken to hospital , vomiting uncontrollably . |
| 3 | Pallister recalled the day he was switched to defence for Blakeston School . |
| 4 | They rapidly lost height and to save his crew he was forced to crush-land in the Sea of Marmara , within reach of the enemy . |
| 5 | Like all members of the aristocracy he was addicted to hunting and liked nothing better than to be in the saddle and away before the crack of dawn . |
| 6 | Merton 's early Edinburgh appearances read as a catalogue of disasters : one year he was set upon by a gang of burly Scottish lads when seeking to compete in the poster wars engulfing the festival , and another year he was rushed to hospital after only one show , having broken a leg in an intercomedian football friendly . |
| 7 | Despite a statement by Marina that she poisoned Ann Bacon , Thomas was found guilty , but as there was no absolute proof he was sentenced to imprisonment for life . |