Example sentences of "was [verb] to [pron] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask whether this money too , which was given to him after the will was made , is understood to be included in the legacy . |
| 2 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |
| 3 | Cheshire police said that message was relayed to them as the bombs exploded in Warrington 's Bridge Street at about 12.25pm . |
| 4 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 5 | The item went well , and it was reported to me that the celebrity was very pleased with my contribution . |
| 6 | He also points out the song 's crucial omission , astonishing in a work of the protest movement : Dylan never says that Zantzinger is white and Hattie Carroll black , and forces the listener to assume that she was because of everything we are told about her : her name , that she had ten children , her position as a maid who ‘ did n't even talk to the people at the table ’ and , more tendentiously , because of what was done to her and the mild punishment meted out to her murderer who ‘ at 24 years/Owns a tobacco farm of 600 acres ’ . |
| 7 | A piece of rope was tied to it but the knot was difficult to undo and , after fiddling with it for what felt like hours , he still could n't pry it loose . |
| 8 | Diana was chatting to him when the telephone rang . |