Example sentences of "he was [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wyllie , who stood down as a candidate for the All Black job after a confidential letter from NZRFU Chairman Eddie Tonks criticising him was leaked to the press , returns to what he loves most , working with clubs to develop the skill and the knowledge of the average club player . |
| 2 | He had been so badly injured that he was moved to the prison hospital , where I visited him every day . |
| 3 | He was moved to the estate after his old home was " redeveloped " . |
| 4 | His espousal of Blast closed to him just those doors that were on the point of opening ; and twenty years later , when he desperately wanted such access to the power-wielding centres of society , he was condemned to the world of fantasy in which he thought he could influence United States policy by way of such unlikely intermediaries as Senators Borah and Bankhead , and Italian policy by way of Ubaldo degli Uberti . |
| 5 | He was invited to the Bishop 's home near Gloucester Cathedral , but that was where things began to go wrong . |
| 6 | He was referred to the Jockey Club after repeating the offence later in the day on Daru . |
| 7 | While he was referring to the Prince 's fawning friends , it was interpreted as a comment on the high staff turnover at Kensington Palace and Highgrove . |
| 8 | ‘ I imagine he was referring to the Independence Day celebrations , ’ her husband had told her as he 'd led the way into the apartment . |
| 9 | He was referring to the remainder of Layforce which had been formed into the Middle East Commando , the Foldboat Section ( SBS ) and the ‘ parachute personnel ’ . |
| 10 | He was referring to the opposition leader , Aung San Suu Kyi , whose home on Inya lake , northern Rangoon , is surrounded by troops to enforce her house-arrest and General Ne Win , whose residence on the other side of the lake is also surrounded by troops and who rarely ventures out . |
| 11 | He was referring to the brigade of Dutch-Belgian infantry that was spread in four ranks either side of the road to block a direct attack from Frasnes . |
| 12 | He was transferred to the governorship of West Bengal . |
| 13 | In 1613 he was transferred to the King 's Bench in which court he held in a case in 1615 ( Courtney v Glanvil [ 1615 ] Cro . |
| 14 | In 1939 he rejoined his regiment and served on the staff as a captain until 1944 , when he was transferred to the procurement and fine arts branch formed to protect historic buildings and works of art at risk during the invasion of the Continent . |
| 15 | His apprenticeship took him through various parts of the motor car division until the outbreak of war , when he was transferred to the aviation side to make crankshafts and camshafts for Merlin engines . |
| 16 | However , his physiotherapist decided that he would progress better in a specialist unit , so he was transferred to the care of a specialist stroke treatment centre in London . |
| 17 | On 21 December 1922 he was transferred to the City of London Mental Hospital , Dartford , Kent , where he remained until his death . |
| 18 | On 6 March he was transferred to the prison infirmary suffering from skin problems and a dramatic fall in his blood sugar level resulting from the earlier hunger-strike . |
| 19 | After a couple of days in hospital outside he was transferred to the prison hospital . |
| 20 | It was held : ( a ) When the police took the deceased into custody they assumed certain responsibilities , including that of passing on information which might affect his well being when he was transferred to the prison authorities . |
| 21 | After two years , he was judged to have learnt sufficient skills , and was apprenticed to a Plymouth shoe maker who treated him so harshly and badly that he was re-admitted to the workhouse where he stayed until he was 19 years old . |
| 22 | Now and again he was asked to the house of his new professor , a bachelor whose sister kept house for him . |
| 23 | In 1850 he was posted to the Ordnance Survey in Southampton ; from 1851 to 1854 he was in Canada , returning in 1854 to serve under ( Sir ) Henry James [ q.v. ] as the Survey 's chief mathematical and scientific adviser . |
| 24 | On graduating he joined the Geological Survey in 1875 , working in the Teesdale and Cheviot districts until 1884 , when he was posted to the Survey 's Edinburgh office . |
| 25 | As he was washing , she told him that he was to go to the market for a pig . |
| 26 | Mr McFall said yesterday he was writing to the health board demanding a thorough inquiry . |
| 27 | Twice he was called to the telephone just before the curtain went up and he had long intense conversations with his hand over the mouthpiece . |
| 28 | He was called to the bar by Gray 's Inn in 1936 . |
| 29 | He was called to the bar ( Inner Temple ) in 1775 and joined the Norfolk circuit . |
| 30 | He was called to the bar in 1609 . |