Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Britons were given mouth to mouth and heart massage but it was too late .
2 A smart mobile caravan began to tour the area with a reassuring message of safety and reliability , an information shop opened in Bridgwater , and 35,000 full colour newspapers were delivered door to door .
3 Birmingham specialised in close , dark and filthy courtyards : there were over two thousand of these in the town in the 1830s , and many of their houses were built back to back in order to get the maximum number on to each expensive acre .
4 If the group 's total annual output in biscuits were laid edge to edge , they would stretch twice to the moon and back , or forty-eight times around the equator .
5 Interviews were conducted face to face .
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