Example sentences of "was [vb pp] to go [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that last sally was intended to go below the belt , it failed ; the ‘ better men than you ’ line was worked out long ago . |
| 2 | The series of which this book is a part was intended to go beyond the conventional textbook by introducing its readers to sources and methods . |
| 3 | If an exchange had a rule that required members to state that every contract was intended to go to physical delivery , notwithstanding the fact that since the rule was made the exchange had introduced a number of cash-settled contracts ; this would almost certainly be subject to some sort of variation . |
| 4 | It was intended to go to Cserka , where 25,000 Muslims are trapped by besieging Serbs . |
| 5 | I was recommended to go to this lady who 's Irish and then she 's gone back , , and I 've never , I mean , the examination was quick and painless he said , but just keep an eye on that double on there , erm , there 's a little tiny crack in it |
| 6 | ‘ From what she told me , Mellor was tipped to go to the top . ’ |
| 7 | All this time , her cries and weepings had so increased in volume and in duration ( sometimes she cried for five or six hours ) that she was forbidden to go to church , and had to be confessed and absolved in a private chapel . |
| 8 | The Spaniards had put about a cover story that the fleet assembled at Cadiz was being made ready to sail to Sicily and Ormonde was forbidden to go near the port ; he was to be picked up from Corunna . |
| 9 | After much uncertainty it became plain that the Russians could not expect Mr Aziz to return to Moscow until late on Thursday ; he was expected to go at once to see Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 10 | The bill , which was expected to go before the Chamber of Deputies after the municipal and regional elections in May 1990 , prohibited ownership of a daily newspaper to anyone owning three or more television stations . |
| 11 | A vote on the bill to divide Czechoslovakia was expected to go before the Assembly on Oct. 1 . |
| 12 | Despite this one Macchi of the 79 a Squadriglia was seen to go into the sea between Gozo and Cap Scalambria possibly due to oxygen starvation of the pilot , Serg.Magg . |
| 13 | They looked at the low asset base and in the end it was decided to go for a trade sale . ’ |
| 14 | By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’ |
| 15 | So Bennett was instructed to go to AM Sir John Slessor , Commander-in-Chief , Coastal Command , and literally fight it out for their share of the new 3cm H2S . |
| 16 | When Rajiv was persuaded to go into the family business by his mother in 1980 , Sonia was against it . |
| 17 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 18 | I was told to go to the telephone . |
| 19 | So I was told to go to the dermatologist . |
| 20 | When they got home , he was told to go to bed , and meekly obeyed . |
| 21 | They were kept in the house overnight and yesterday morning one was told to go to work as normal at the west Belfast shop . |
| 22 | And within er a week I was told to go into the dry part , handling , in the buffing shop . |
| 23 | Mr. Sheppard was hired as a contracts officer three months ago , but was told to go on leave after complaints about the selection process . |
| 24 | Thatcher was four votes short of outright victory ; she wanted to fight on , but was told to go by her cabinet ( the same loyal troupe that now surrounds Major ) . |
| 25 | But for John Knox , ‘ so she was sold to go to France , to the end that in her youth she should drink of that liquor ( the Catholic faith ) that should remain with her all her lifetime , for a plague to this realm and for her final destruction ’ . |
| 26 | He met Georges Bettembourg there in 1979 , they became friends and Sustad was invited to go to Shivling in 1981 with Bettembourg and a strong team that included Doug Scott who was to become a great friend and partner , and Don Whillans , who , despite being in his 50s , by then still contributed to the expedition . |
| 27 | I 've only been to a couple of lodge meetings it I was invited to go to I always felt slightly ambiguous about that really you know . |
| 28 | In 1981 Vitalis Okoth from St Paul 's Parish , Mbaga , was invited to go on the course . |
| 29 | Paul Young shared his taxi with Nigel Dempsey and Christopher MacPherson but when they arrived in Hemlington , Middlesbrough , Mr Young was invited to go with them for a drink . |
| 30 | From the president down , the policymakers have always appreciated that Germany was bound to go through a period of introversion . |