Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] [to-vb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 2 | Fortunately , in 1749 , it was recorded in the form Abotsbery Land and was shown subsequently to belong to the poor lands charity of Abbotsbury , a few miles from Weymouth in Dorset . |
| 3 | Hamilton , presumably to fool the Abwehr if they had wind of it , was told not to reply to the suggestion of a meeting outside England until the day after Hess had flown . |
| 4 | and I I was rushing down to get to the stair . |
| 5 | ‘ What about Saturday , the following night , when Matthew was called out to see to the lights at Morvyl — did you hear him going or coming back ? ’ |
| 6 | INDUSTRY Secretary Peter Lilley was challenged yesterday to apologise to the people of Hartlepool . |
| 7 | In the middle of this he was trying really to listen to the distress of the family and demonstrate something of the compassion of God at the same time . |
| 8 | I was trying hard to listen to the music and not look at them so I picked the local paper up and opened it . |
| 9 | Anyway things got quite hot and eventually one of the guides was sent over to talk to the Indians and the word came back that they would n't share their camp with us anyway , which is quite funny I suppose . |
| 10 | Their hunch was held not to amount to a reasonable suspicion . |
| 11 | Scarborough lifeboat was launched yesterday to go to the aid of a motor cruiser Sea Spray after it broke down off Cayton Bay . |