Example sentences of "and he was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital . ’ |
| 2 | The scene completed , a car took Burton straight to the airport and he was flown to Los Angeles and admitted to hospital . |
| 3 | Oliver 's small possessions were put into a brown paper parcel , and he was led to Mr Sowerberry 's house by Mr Bumble . |
| 4 | Troy has the mental age of a seven-year-old and he was sentenced to death for kidnap and murder , though Mr Stafford Smith does not accept that he did it . |
| 5 | The intention was to continue his career in the USA , and he was shipped to California , where , trained by Tommy Woodcock , his first target was the Agua Caliente Handicap , originally billed as the world 's richest horse race and run just over the Mexican border in Tanforan , out of reach of California 's restrictive betting legislation . |
| 6 | Cos one day we found him and he was choking to death practically and erm er Tam , Linda 's husband turned him upside down and smacked his back , he 'd eaten a one pound coin . |
| 7 | In the early stages of her marriage she kept her maiden name but when this caused a few rumblings in Arkansas and Clinton lost his bid for re-election as governor in 1980 , she took his name and he was returned to office two years later . |
| 8 | ‘ Tony did some sketches last year and he was going to work them up into a picture — why have n't you , Tony ? ’ |
| 9 | A country once famed for providing a succession of wingers now has only one orthodox link with the past , Tranmere 's Nevin , and he was preferred to John Robertson in attack last night . |
| 10 | Earl Douglas Haig , a Lt. General , was put in charge of the British Expeditionary Force that went to France , and he was promoted to Field Marshall . |
| 11 | At the at the Gorbels and after I was married During the war there was a terrific fire and he was burned to death in the lift going up to bring the girls down . |
| 12 | And he was burned to death . |
| 13 | and he was saying to Neil that erm they do n't know whether they 're gon na keep him on or not |
| 14 | Ambulancemen found him unconscious and he was taken to Northallerton 's Friarage Hospital before being transferred to Middlesbrough General with severe head injuries . |
| 15 | Ambulancemen found him unconscious and he was taken to Northallerton 's Friarage Hospital before being transferred to Middlesbrough General . |
| 16 | Courtney 's accident happened on the very first lap when he was in the lead at Mather 's Cross between Coleraine and Portrush and he was taken to hospital although his injuries were not known at the course . |
| 17 | " He is , Ma'am ; I passed him a moment ago and he was talking to Mr Churchill . " |
| 18 | And he was talking to Thomas |
| 19 | You wanted him to settle down and accept you , and then Claire came along — I was furious with him for upsetting her like that- and he was allowed to slack and play the fool at that damned school till he was right behind . |
| 20 | He was essentially a European filmmaker , and he was drawn to pictures that featured lavish costumes and spectacular sets . |
| 21 | He was standing well apart from them as he gave Joe and his mother the details , and as the tears rolled down his cheeks Joe sensed a great loneliness in his cousin that seemed to link up with a similar feeling within himself , and he was drawn to Martin to put his arms about him , and when their faces touched both were wet . |