Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun prp] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Gaulle 's diplomatic objective was to restore France to the circle of great powers to which she had historically belonged . |
| 2 | Though it is rare to find consensus among footballers and the media , few on either side had a good , or even printable , word for Toshack in Wales while he was marching Swansea to the top of the hill and down again . |
| 3 | In the morning they decided Oliver was to lure Tim to the flat with offers of breakfast and a shower . |
| 4 | Their objective was to lure Beatty to the scene so that they might trap and destroy some small portion of the British Fleet before retiring to sanctuary in their harbours on the German mainland . |
| 5 | Zeinab announced that she was taking Owen to the theatre . |
| 6 | Even while Dick was lowering Martin to the ground , he had his head turned in the direction of the dark blur standing out against the night and it was only a matter of seconds before he raised himself and his gun towards it . |
| 7 | It is significant that in July 1939 , at a time when Stalin was actively negotiating the Nazi-Soviet pact with Hitler , Nizan was quoting Zhdanov to the effect that the finalising of the tripartite peace agreement was being held up solely by the delaying tactics of France and Great Britain . |