Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outbreak of war in 1914 meant that he was regarded as an alien in Britain , though he was soon allowed to move to Rome , where he joined the senate . |
| 2 | By good fortune , Jean Coulter was already booked to travel to Glasgow the following day and very courageously agreed to go to the hotel with a male friend . |
| 3 | HE WAS NOT ALLOWED to go to school again until Thursday morning , by which time the missing button had been replaced on the collar of his shirt and he was wearing a pair of smart new shoes of polished black leather and knee-length grey socks with a dark red band around their tops . |
| 4 | He was not allowed to go to Brussels for the European premiere of his play The Crucible . |
| 5 | I was not allowed to return to Bolivia , so I spent my time and energy denouncing what was happening and setting up solidarity networks . |
| 6 | The clerk was also instructed to write to Orkney 's Director of Social Work , Paul Lee , the Chairman of the Social Work Committee , Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett , and Councillor Jackie Tait , Convener of Orkney Islands Council . |
| 7 | It was originally invented to apply to Brown . |
| 8 | ‘ I was n't scheduled to go to Prague then . |
| 9 | But , like the hundreds of cheering spectators , he was still miffed David was n't chosen to go to India on the winter tour . |
| 10 | It was almost bound to lead to differences of opinion with almost all those around her who she viewed in an authoritative light . |