Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Justin Lekhanya , the former Chair of the Military Council , was placed under house arrest on Aug. 1 following allegations that he was plotting to return to power ; he was prohibited from associating with anyone other than his family and his doctor . |
| 2 | He was heard to say to Winner , ‘ You know , I feel that in this sequence I 'm running a bit too slowly . |
| 3 | His decisive handling of affairs at the outbreak of war in 1914 helped avert a financial crisis , and he was invited to remain in office beyond the normal two years . |
| 4 | Walesa 's move caused alarm among those who feared that he was aiming to rule without parliament as a virtual dictator , on the basis that he had been democratically elected and that 65 per cent of Sejm members , under the 1989 compromise provisions establishing the parliament [ see pp. 36578 ; 36722-24 ] , had not . |
| 5 | He was asked to stand for parliament , but declined , having no particular relish for party-politics ; he was too large-hearted a man for that . |
| 6 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 7 | So long as he was successful in that action too , a further thirty days later he was authorized to proceed to execution . |
| 8 | being a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of.the provisional licence ; |
| 9 | ‘ being a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of a provisional licence ’ The class or description of the motor vehicle when the provisional licence holder is required to be accompanied is as shown in his provisional licence . |
| 10 | ‘ being a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of a provisional licence ’ By showing in the police officer 's statement of evidence that the provisional licence he held covered the class of vehicle he was driving . |
| 11 | Fields claimed that he was refusing to pay on principle , because the tax was unjust ; Neil Kinnock , the Labour Party leader , said that he had " absolutely no sympathy " with Fields , and that " law makers must not be law breakers " . |
| 12 | It is quite likely therefore that a meeting of Lambarde and Shakespeare took place at this time , although it was n't until 1594 that Shakespeare made his mark , for it was at Christmas of that year that he was Summoned to appear at Court . |
| 13 | I think he was trying to call for help . |
| 14 | and he was trying to get in touch with a North American Indian , that a , thingamy in Wales was fixed up |
| 15 | By the time his original classification as a ‘ contested registration ’ was rescinded there were no vacancies for the hard-hitter from Keighley , and he was compelled to settle for league cricket and Minor Counties appearances for Cumberland . |
| 16 | When they got home , he was told to go to bed , and meekly obeyed . |
| 17 | It is possible , too , that in striking the rock as he was told to do in Exodus 17 Moses this time has further infringed the divine command , though nothing was said explicitly about him not using his rod in that way . |
| 18 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 19 | They did n't expect it to last forever especially since he was planning to go to college back East . |
| 20 | Now that he was starting to feel at home , it was time to start work . |
| 21 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 22 | A man who was in the car park at the time said he was forced to dive for cover . |
| 23 | Almost immediately it was revealed that he had told a radio interviewer on the morning of the lunch that there would be no such tax on gold-mining companies , and he was forced to return to parliament later on April 11 to admit that his memory of events had been mistaken . |
| 24 | Even if he was forced to go into hospital , what can we do after that admission ? |
| 25 | The regular doctor was called , but he was forced to work in conjunction with ‘ Grannie Patin ’ , a self-appointed cure-all from Mapledurham . |
| 26 | One boy called Caddles was n't educated instead he was forced to work in chalk pits . |
| 27 | But , as he had anticipated , he was forced to lecture in order to finance his stay there . |
| 28 | Second , he was expected to lead to war the king 's benefice-holders ( vassi ) from within his county . |
| 29 | He was expected to slip into management with ease , but instead Moore moved into business , running a pub . |
| 30 | I think that Gary rang him up and said he was going to back to work , there 's only people starting work he 's giving some people some work . |