Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was heard to say to Winner , ‘ You know , I feel that in this sequence I 'm running a bit too slowly . |
| 2 | So long as he was successful in that action too , a further thirty days later he was authorized to proceed to execution . |
| 3 | When they got home , he was told to go to bed , and meekly obeyed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Second , he was expected to lead to war the king 's benefice-holders ( vassi ) from within his county . |