Example sentences of "was [verb] to [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was posted to London on promotion in 1953 and was replaced the following year by R. B. Wilson on transfer from the field staff in England . |
| 2 | Reference was made to Gloag on Contract ( 2nd edn ) , pp 617 and 618 , which respectively state : ‘ Stipulations as to time of payment are not treated as material conditions of the contract , except in very special cases ’ , and , ‘ [ The ] question is whether the conduct of the party in default is such as to indicate that he intends to repudiate his contractual obligations . ’ |
| 3 | He 's believed to be the first person convicted of the new charge of causing death by dangerous driving , which was introduced to crackdown on joyriding . |
| 4 | With term approaching fast , it was quite likely that Andrew was coming to London on department business , and had seen his opportunity to call in the debt . |
| 5 | The trouble was she was talking to people on camera and you did n't hear anyone laughing or anything embarrassing . |