Example sentences of "[subord] he [be] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He qualified in February , 1935 whereupon he was promoted to Sergeant . |
| 2 | If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours . |
| 3 | If he could prove that it had too much give in it he would at least have a line of defence if he was summoned to court . |
| 4 | The UNIP conducted a determined campaign during which Kaunda warned that he would " deal mercilessly " with MMD if he was returned to power . |
| 5 | As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . |
| 6 | Unless he 's promoted to Superintendent , he 'll face demotion , the sack or early retirement . |
| 7 | In 1977 a full-time salaried judge in Scotland was removed from his office for misbehaviour because he was deemed to have-engaged in public political activity . |
| 8 | The Portsmouth Court case was halted while he was taken to hospital where he was later said to be ‘ comfortable . ’ |
| 9 | innocuous tale ‘ edited ’ by Pickwick while he was confined to bed at Dingley Dell , and read by him to Wardle and Trundle . |
| 10 | More immediately delightful , she saw Nelson Mandela , an intimate friend of her youth , for the first time since he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 . |
| 11 | There was the man demobbed from his regiment who came to do the garden just as he had before he was called to war . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . ’ |
| 13 | ( Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . |
| 14 | After the defendant 's Ford Fiesta crashed , Scott had to be restrained before he was taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 15 | Doctor Teesdale visited the condemned man in prison once or twice during the week before he was put to death . |
| 16 | When he is sentenced to gaol he pleads in mitigation that he ‘ might have been a better citizen if I 'd had the levels ’ , to a Judge who did n't understand what he was saying , and of course the last page sees him studying for ‘ the levels ’ in prison . |
| 17 | Paul Sheldon , 20 , was out with his 18-year-old brother , Peter , and a friend , Tom Cole , when he was stabbed to death in a quiet residential street in Edinburgh . |
| 18 | The computer-enhanced images were put together by police artists with help from Peter Sheldon , 18 , who was with his brother when he was stabbed to death . |
| 19 | When he was sentenced to life for killing his former rape victim , the main focus was on the release of the rapist : MP 's fury as revenge murderer gets life WHY WAS THIS MONSTER FREED ? |
| 20 | ‘ The sheriff was reluctant to take the final step of formally attributing assault to a caring father who had a moment of aberration when he was driven to distraction by a situation with which he was unable to cope . |
| 21 | Bill 's nightmare started when he was taken to hospital after being hit by a car as he returned home from a fishing trip . |
| 22 | Later that year came the first signs of health trouble when he was taken to hospital with a heart problem . |
| 23 | Consequently Courtney got away with most of his crimes and even when he was brought to trial he was sentenced to a mere seven years in prison . |
| 24 | But he could not settle when he was put to bed . |
| 25 | When he was promoted to deputy chairman of the Plastics Division in 1966 he remained in charge of the film group . |
| 26 | PECKINPAH 'S LAST masterpiece , with James Coburn gloomily remembering , as he is shot to death , how he betrayed his values by tracking down free spirit Kris Kristofferson . |
| 27 | As he was rushed to hospital , his devastated daughter Suzanne went ahead with the service — not knowing if he would live or die . |
| 28 | As he was picked to second the Loyal Address today , I think that he can confidently look forward after the next general election to a leading position on the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 29 | William , we may remember , had thoughtfully provided himself with a burial plot many years before : so square L9 , grave no. 62,076 it was , as he was laid to rest at Abney Park . |
| 30 | He seems to have lost the knack when he most needed it , for he was stoned to death by unimpressed heathens . |