Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were instructed not to interfere in the internal politics of Indonesia but to hand over , in due time , to the legitimate authority : that is , the Netherlands . |
| 2 | The men called to pick up their holiday pay and were told not to return in the New Year . |
| 3 | One class , after looking at an old muster roll and hearing how men in their county were called up to fight in the militia , made a cut-out army of 150 cardboard soldiers . |
| 4 | The Secretary-General was asked to organize an air bridge for food aid as a matter of urgency , and all parties and factions were called on to co-operate in the deployment of UN security personnel . |
| 5 | Claudia felt as if she were running hard to remain in the same place . |
| 6 | The pair were pitched together to play in the opening two rounds , and while Couples collapsed with a 77 , Faldo reduced their duel in the sun to a calculated ambush . |