Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two lancet windows were erected to the memory of Rev. Jonah Nalson who was Vicar of Halling for thirty three years . |
| 2 | We had a good meeting today , the problems were explained to the interested parties and now we are in the hands of the Football League . ’ |
| 3 | Both boys faced South Sefton Youth Court in Bootle on Monday and were remanded to the care of Liverpool City Council . |
| 4 | At the Restoration King Charles II caused 30 January , his father 's day of execution , to be proclaimed as an annual day of fasting , for which forms of service for Morning and Evening Prayer , drawn up by Convocation , were annexed to the Book of Common Prayer . |
| 5 | Ecclesiastical canons now required royal sanction , all proceeds from the taxes of annates and tenths were annexed to the crown , and final appeals against judgments in the ecclesiastical courts were to be made to the king in the court of Chancery . |
| 6 | Many of the men who sat outside the tents were stripped to the waist and some of them were barefoot . |
| 7 | Two were stripped to the waist , slabby , downy , while the third was just a leaning patchwork of studded leather and jean rag . |
| 8 | We lay still for what seemed like ages , my eyes were riveted to the figures lying in the road . |
| 9 | First operation — ( a ) solebars , truss bars , longitudinals , crossbars , diagonals , headstocks , buffer brackets , diagonal braces , gusset plates ; ( b ) the ends , comprising the crossbar diagonals , headstocks and buffer brackets , were jigged together before they were assembled in the underframe , and the truss bars , step irons and brake hanger brackets were riveted to the solebars . |
| 10 | His shirt hung open as he sat again , and Theda 's eyes were riveted to the long column of his neck , the golden glow of his chest below it . |
| 11 | Lisabeth and Fenella were coo-ing sympathetic noises and tut-tutting a lot and were riveted to the porthole window like two old men sharing a What the Butler Saw machine . |
| 12 | Now both dogs were fastened to the pipes by heavy chains that rattled each time they moved . |
| 13 | Where the narrow alleys crossed and re-crossed , street names were fastened to the walls at just above head-height , but without light she was unable to read them , and there was n't a soul about to ask . |
| 14 | Originally , all first-born sons were dedicated to God , but monetary gifts later took their place , which were given to the priests . |
| 15 | Like Leonard , they were given to the literary life . |
| 16 | Mr Ozberk had already been taken , handcuffed and escorted by police , to the police station at Heathrow airport from the Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , when Mr Renton 's new orders were given to the Immigration Service . |
| 17 | Over all the years , including these nineteen , some bonds were given to the club but the majority were bequeathed to individuals , either to be kept as an investment out of family sentiment , or possibly sold quietly to Club members , selected as previously described . |
| 18 | Frost , regarded in his time as the ‘ finest comic artist in the U.S. ’ were given to the Club in 1972 by Mr. R.S. Green . |
| 19 | Strange twists were given to the normal body of human nature , revealing that such freak developments are potentially in all of us all the time . |
| 20 | Some , mainly those of war time subjects and taken in the 30 's and 40's were given to the National Portrait Gallery , but the best were retained by the V. and A. |
| 21 | TIPS on how to get the best all year round use from small greenhouses were given to the large audience attending a Bramshott , Liphook and District Horticultural Society evening . |
| 22 | The earliest mention of the church is in 1115 when the church and titles were given to the Abbey of St Martin in York . |
| 23 | The proceeds were given to the Croydon branch of the Infantile Paralysis Fellowship , the fare being 5 shillings . |
| 24 | During the early part of that day , orders were given to the army to arrest strike organisers over much of Ulster . |
| 25 | The photo was one of a group of twenty-eight Rodchenko photographs which were given to the consigner in 1960 by Varvara Rodchenko , the artist 's daughter , and which raised £445,648 in total . |
| 26 | The movies were ‘ for the millions ’ but they were given to the millions by showmen . |
| 27 | Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself . |
| 28 | A comprehensive report of the actual meteorological conditions must be drawn up and copies of the weather forecast that were given to the crew will be included . |
| 29 | The relationship between Ministers and the new Electricity Boards , though laid down by statute , was not rigidly specified , but large powers of fuel policy coordination , and of oversight of finance and general policy , were given to the Minister . |
| 30 | Such a practice was frowned on by the church , and instructions were given to the warden of the building that if any young woman allowed a man to stay overnight then she was to be reported to the Mother Superior . |