Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , during the war years , the pitch was in better condition than it had ever been , as it was given over to the growing of carrots and potatoes . |
| 2 | The building was given over to the university in 1810 , and the commode entered the Clanwilliam collection in 1831 . |
| 3 | The preoccupied merchant , whose attention is totally bound up with his commercial affairs and who consequently neglects his wife , is a stock figure of fabliau-type narrative ( compare , for instance , La Bourgoise d'Orliens , Le Cuvier , " The bathtub " , or L'Enfant qui fu remis au soleil , " The child who was given back to the sun " ) . |
| 4 | The bug was traced back to the Farmoor treatment works which only started supplying Swindon from last August . |
| 5 | In September 1990 W. was referred back to the clinic which had seen her three years before and began sessions with a clinical psychologist . |
| 6 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
| 7 | Disagreement arose within the PLO regarding its composition and the issue was referred back to the Executive Committee . |
| 8 | The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point . |
| 9 | Mr Biffen , who was later to become Leader of the Commons and Lord President of the Council , and was eventually to be sacked by You-Know-Who for wholly ideological reasons , was marched back to the hotel to cover himself . |
| 10 | Ahead there was space , but her foot was pressed down to the floor and the car would n't go any faster . |
| 11 | And some of these were found in Bristol harbour er and the pattern of the cloths was pressed in to the lead so we were able to put a microscope to that and see how it should be woven . |
| 12 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 13 | The Army spokesman added : ‘ It was pointed out to the convoy that it would be madness to try to drive through that particular part of the road , but they pushed on . ’ |
| 14 | But if , as in the present case , all he can say is : ‘ I saw him once in Peckham High Street and someone told me his name was Joseph Fergus ’ then there is obviously a weak link in the case : how is it to be shown that the accused is the same man that was pointed out to the witness as Fergus ' ? |
| 15 | Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm . |
| 16 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 17 | Chem Snguon was voted on to the Council of State ; Ros Chhun became Minister of Transport , Communications and Posts ; Hang Chuon became Minister of Information and Culture ; Yin Chaili became Minister of Health ; and Yos Son became Minister of Education . |
| 18 | In his place , the MP for Hamilton , George Robertson , who yesterday was voted on to the shadow cabinet for the first time . |
| 19 | When I originally found the frame I thought how pretty it would look if the green of the surround was carried through to the mount and the colour of the picture . |
| 20 | Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember . |
| 21 | This was carried out to the design of William Butterfield and completed in 1848 . |
| 22 | The vicar was carried back to the shore to partake of a well-earned drink . |
| 23 | They formed their line again and started searching for Esmerelda while I was carried back to the house . |
| 24 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
| 25 | The lift doors closed across his exclamation of relief and frustration and he was carried down to the ground floor . |
| 26 | A spot of light oil was dribbled on to the dildo from a greasy oilcan . |
| 27 | Gradually Congress was won over to the need for tax increases and cuts in public expenditure . |
| 28 | And probably very little information was fed back to the operator as to the cause of the error . |
| 29 | Actually the church had no tower — it was matted on to the exterior and the interior was built in the studio . |
| 30 | She barely had time to struggle to her feet before cruel fingers tangled in her hair and her face was jerked up to the light . |