Example sentences of "and was [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He commanded a hired merchantman in the summer of 1650 , serving under his brother , and was appointed to a fourth-rate warship for the following winter guard . |
| 2 | Meanwhile he continued also to operate as a moneylender , advancing large sums on bond during these same decades , and was appointed to a royal commission on the cloth trade in the late 1630s . |
| 3 | I travelled to the plant to collect the guitar and was treated to a comprehensive tour of what I can confirm as an impressive facility of skilled and committed people in every department . |
| 4 | But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool . |
| 5 | He was a foundation scholar at King Edward 's School , Birmingham , and was elected to a classical exhibition at New College , Oxford , in 1896 . |
| 6 | He clashed with his superior and was moved to a different section , and after a series of complaints about his behaviour he was sent back to England at the request of the ambassador at the beginning of May 1951 . |
| 7 | Vojvodina was recovered from the Turks at the end of the seventeenth century , and was reunited to a liberated Hungary , also under Habsburg rule . |
| 8 | Seconds after Andrews had dragged away the pilot , the plane exploded , and was reduced to a smouldering wreck . |
| 9 | Described as ‘ kind-hearted , yet … a lively and obstinate boy , , Tom was brought up in a prosperous house ( his father was a manager of a textile firm ) and was used to a well-stocked meal table . |
| 10 | Azidothymidine or zidovudine ( AZT ) , the only drug yet approved to treat AIDS , was shown to have a number of serious side effects and was linked to an increased incidence of various forms of cancer . |
| 11 | However , his main opponent , Mohamed Taki , who won the first round of the presidential election , continued to accuse Djohar of vote-rigging and was linked to an alleged attempt to overthrow the government discovered in August [ see below ] . |
| 12 | In May Maureen registered for war work and was directed to a clerical job in an office near Sarah 's . |
| 13 | After his own area , the Pan-American Union , had failed to support him , he claimed to suffer a heart attack in the middle of the meeting and was taken to a local hospital . |
| 14 | General Alexander gave his evidence uneasily and was subjected to a brutal cross-examination by the most brilliant criminal counsel of our day , Jeremy Hutchinson QC ( now Lord Hutchinson ) , who appeared for Mr Roberts of the Sunday Telegraph , and by a no less competent counsel , Basil Wigoder QC ( now Lord Wigoder ) , who appeared for Aitken . |