Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [vb pp] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1987 Mafart was allowed to return to France in defiance of the agreement because it was alleged he was ill , although the French government refused to allow a New Zealand doctor to examine him . |
| 2 | David was encouraged to return to work the next day because this seemed to be the one positive aspect of his current situation . |
| 3 | But if something was slipped into the sherry , if Crumwallis was overheard talking to Frome , it could have been earlier . |
| 4 | In his self-torture he was unable to answer the simplest query , and Auguste was forced to turn to Araminta . |
| 5 | US officials said that imports from China had increased by 42 per cent in the first six months while US exports to China had risen by only 18.4 per cent , and the US trade deficit with China was expected to rise to US$15 billion . |
| 6 | Michael Drury was found stabbed to death at his home in Clipstone Field Place at Ecton Brook in Northampton nine days ago . |
| 7 | 76 year old , Arthur Brumhill was found bludgeoned to death on the floor of this pet shop . |
| 8 | 76 year old , Arthur Brumhill was found bludgeoned to death on the floor of this pet shop . |
| 9 | Kim Brockwell was found stabbed to death outside her flat in the city , but when the trial began today the charge was reduced to manslaughter . |
| 10 | 24 year old Kim Brockwell was found stabbed to death in the stairway of her flat in the fashionable Latin quarter of Paris in 1990 . |
| 11 | Twenty-nine year old Isadore Johnson was found stabbed to death in the back garden of a house the day after the party in August last year . |
| 12 | Mr Miles was found stabbed to death in the back garden of the home in Newtown that he shared with his parents and one of his brothers . |
| 13 | Police questioned him about 2 unsolved murders ; 43 year old Anorexic Carmel Gamble was found bludgeoned to death in her cottage in Stroud in 1989 . |
| 14 | Bland was encouraged to come to Europe by Gary Player . |
| 15 | Philip and Kelly Morle were separated the day after their wedding when Kelly was forced to return to Australia . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , however , just as his career in Madrid was really beginning to come together , Max was forced to return to Britain for personal reasons earlier this year . |