Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [to-vb] at the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , his uncle , the peppery old Nabob , was bidden to dine at the Cecil Hotel , in order that it might be proved to him that a respectable curry could be had outside the portals of the East India Club . |
| 2 | Our links with the Women 's League of Health and Beauty were further strengthened on 21 April when Jean Parmiter was invited to teach at the East Midlands Associated Members ' Annual Reunion , held in Groby , Leicestershire . |
| 3 | A SHAKESPEARE play which was scheduled to open at the Liverpool Empire on Monday has been cancelled . |
| 4 | The public hearing of Virgin Atlantic 's application for a licence to fly between Gatwick and Newark was scheduled to begin at the Holborn offices of the Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA : the regulatory body of the airline industry ) on 1 March . |
| 5 | Because of the nature of his studies he was sent to work at the Esso refinery at Fawley . |