Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On condition that we both covered our heads , Olivia and I were invited to watch the proceedings from the rear of the crowd . |
| 2 | ‘ If I were asked to name the most important date in the history of the human race , I would answer without hesitation August 6 1945 . |
| 3 | Indeed , if I were forced to try the impossible , to imagine what it is like to be a bat , I would guess that echolocating , for them , might be rather like seeing for us . |
| 4 | From Madras my wife and I were taken to see the Shore Temples at Mahabalipuram and beside this is ( or was ) a very large boulder resting on the hillside . |
| 5 | When I went to Beverley on Easter Sunday 1987 I was invited to join the choristers on the roof . |
| 6 | Our Borders MP was David Steel ( who had beaten Robin McEwen at the by-election which won him the seat ) and as a member of his local Liberal party , I was invited to join the Scottish Liberal Party 's Council . |
| 7 | In the middle of these difficulties I was invited to visit the Chicago headquarters of Binks Manufacturing ( Binks Bullows 's parent company ) to negotiate selling the machine to the US . |
| 8 | It was as a result of this withdrawal that I was invited to write the paper ( Currie , 1979 ) . |
| 9 | Seeing my interest was now aroused , I was invited to try the unit myself on a day 's diving . |
| 10 | I was tempted to use the quay , but did n't . |
| 11 | Years later , when I heard that Inez had left her husband and that the police were investigating her disappearance , I was tempted to carry the matter a little further . |
| 12 | In attempting to answer this question , I was tempted to follow the Economist and define services as : ‘ anything sold in trade that could not be dropped on your foot ’ . |
| 13 | So I was delegated to broach the subject with Paul Coleman . |
| 14 | Richards , 40 , said : ‘ I was flattered to receive the offer , but morally I could not accept . |
| 15 | There was the occasion I was sent to report the speech day at West Bank School , a private school , in Bideford . |
| 16 | There was a longer wait when I was sent to interview the Rolling Stones . |
| 17 | And then I was sent to retrieve the balls from the headmaster 's garden . |
| 18 | ‘ On clay courts I was trained to make the other guy play tennis all day . |
| 19 | I am a longstanding member of the BAIE COMMUNICATORS IN BUSINESS ( established in 1949 ) and am a member of its Educational and Professional Development Committee , having , over the last three years , had totally and voluntary responsibility for its seminars in Scotland , in respect of which , on 28th May , I was honoured to receive the BAIE Chairman 's 1992/93 Award and to be one of its guests of honour at the Annual Conference Dinner in Torquay . |
| 20 | So I was disturbed to see the Gardening from Which ? exhibit at Chelsea demonstrating some very poor results with it . |
| 21 | I have long been interested in military technology so I was determined to attend the presentation . |
| 22 | I was determined to lose the weight . |
| 23 | I was determined to see the world 's first dawn , and to greet the first people on the planet — true Pacific people at that — who were planning to take a stab at their day . |
| 24 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 25 | After another six months I was asked to attend the physiotherapy department for treatment ; this did bring some relief , but only for a matter of hours . |
| 26 | I was asked to give the number of those who helped , but how does one compute good will , or the grace of God ? |
| 27 | ‘ We have to be careful about what we say here , ’ he said , eventually explaining ‘ I was asked to examine the situation ’ but not the children . |
| 28 | Then I was asked to join the small group selected to meet the Royal personage in attendance , the Duchess of Gloucester . |
| 29 | On a recent Kilroy programme I was asked to represent the views of working mothers in both my professional capacity as editor of SHE and personal capacity as mother of four-year-old Thomas . |
| 30 | I was asked to check the items were n't still in my house . |