Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [vb pp] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even sanguine members of the Cabinet dreaded the return of the taunting yellow ribbons that were tied to trees in Carter ’ s time , and feared especially the visits of grieving relatives to the White House . |
| 2 | One could hardly wear garments that were ripped to shreds and spattered with blood . |
| 3 | erm But I raised this at the alcohol forum , because erm sometime this summer I had a phone call from Mr Bailey here , who is a resident of East Oxford , to express his concern about various problems erm in East Oxford , problems that were posed to residents there . |
| 4 | took the wealth , and they were often people that were elected to cadres because they showed initiative . |
| 5 | She found herself hurrying unnecessarily , weaving her way through the groups of people that drifted along the narrow paths , side-stepping the large and opulent prams that were moored to benches where smug mothers sat knitting and staring , dodging the children who chased each other in and out of the grown-ups ' legs . |
| 6 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 7 | We er emphasised to him the impact this would have on Oxfordshire 's er spending requirements and er the hope that the er spending that we get , and we get it in two ways ; one is through , called the standard spending grant , that is a general grant that was given to authorities to spend as they wish , and the other is a specific grants which are given for particular purposes , and some of them cover the legislation that I have mentioned , which we are required to spend specifically on the items for which they 're given . |
| 8 | Harry shivered slightly in the shadow of the sagging wooden hut that had once been somebody 's garden shed — some poor bugger that was blown to bits by a buzz-bomb most likely . |
| 9 | In order that I could test a number of hypotheses , I gave all the British ( and a considerable number of other European and North American ) Moonies a 41-page questionnaire , and then I reproduced many of the questions in a 36-page questionnaire that was distributed to non-Moonies who were matched for age and social background with the Unification membership . |
| 10 | In the group discussions we were struck by the role that was allocated to women . |
| 11 | But for the most part they had been undisturbed in their magic island or resort that was closed to others but which they could leave when they pleased . |
| 12 | Gladstone Murray and party , which included his newly-appointed Programme Director , Ernie Bushnell , and CBC Western representative , Horace Stovin , arrived in Moose Jaw during the afternoon and were escorted to suites of rooms in the Grant Hall Hotel . |
| 13 | As thousands of troops and vehicles , many loaded with looted goods , struggled north on the main road to Basra , they became caught in a congested and disorganized column many kilometres in length , and were subjected to hours of ruthless attack from the air with cluster bombs and , possibly , incendiary weapons . |
| 14 | The Prince and Princess had both been on particularly good form throughout that Gulf tour , and were reduced to giggles on several occasions , none more so than during a desert picnic . |
| 15 | Racking was used to store the goods both on the warehouse floor and on the platform and was bolted to supports for safety . |
| 16 | It is a corruption of guappo meaning ‘ strong ’ or ‘ robust ’ in the Neapolitan dialect and was applied to youths who migrated to America . |
| 17 | Gandhi walked towards a platform to begin his speech and was blown to pieces by a bomb , along with 14 other people . |
| 18 | After a long apprenticeship with Celtic Boys Club , playing as a winger then a defensive sweeper , Nicholas attracted the attention of several English league teams and was invited to trials at Ipswich , Wolves and Manchester City . |
| 19 | For men , the recent increase in incidence was seen almost exclusively among the young and middle aged and was confined to men in the most recent birth cohort ( those born since 1918 ) . |
| 20 | Another royal writer , Fiametta Rocco , claimed last night Charles is terrified of his father and was reduced to tears after a tongue-lashing . |