Example sentences of "[vb past] be [verb] to [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David , 48 , who then killed himself . |
| 2 | Mrs Green had been bludgeoned to death with 16 blows of a lump hammer soon after she returned from working a night shift at a local hospital . |
| 3 | Their mother had been battered to death with a hammer . |
| 4 | On 18 February 1791 Granville Penn ( chairman ) supported by Rev Mr Cook , John Gretton , William Stone , Edward Topham and Huntingford , received information from Vial ( who had been confined to bed with a cold and fever , and had been unable to meet the committee 's delegation ) that he supported the amalgamation of the two plans , and that he would consult his patrons and subscribers accordingly . |
| 5 | Memorandum on classes of business not regarded as appropriate for Cabinet discussion ’ is a minute from Brook to Bridges dated 21 April 1950 , two months after Labour had been returned to power with a slim majority of six and two months before the Korean War stimulated a huge increase in defence spending . |
| 6 | Although official results were not available at the end of September , unofficial returns indicated that the Goss administration had been returned to office with an almost unchanged overall majority . |
| 7 | In this particular case , the interviewee had been admitted to hospital with hepatitis and pancreatitis and given a methadone reduction course whilst recovering from the operation : |
| 8 | On the same evening he had been admitted to hospital with heart trouble , but although his condition was reported to be good the next day , he did not withdraw his candidacy . |
| 9 | The length of the history in case 4 , who had been admitted to hospital with identical symptoms on three previous occasions suggests that either the polyps are extremely slow growing or that they may even regress . |