Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been living in the city for three years and if I were to go to the estates now they would n't give me work . |
| 2 | Sergei said Bernard has n't been in touch with Bailey for days , certainly not since C.W. and I were assigned to the case . ’ |
| 3 | We saw , we saw one or two others that were involved , that were involved in it , and er I were talking to the , one of the young producers that were there and er and I said if you 're short of some ac actors I said me and my mate will be actors you know , oh she said you 're dressed just right I 'll tell ya |
| 4 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 5 | I was invited to the school in the village of Atgor . |
| 6 | I was invited to the Royal Premiere in London to view the production before it came to our theatre . |
| 7 | I was escorted to the fifth floor and shown in to a riverside suite which was named after Sir Charles Chaplin , because he always used to stay there when he visited London . |
| 8 | The fact that the ordnance survey map of Ben Lawers proudly declared a Visitor Centre at the base left me no choice in the route I was to take to the top . |
| 9 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 10 | One such dreadful night I was called to the gate house by Mr Rideout , our so loyal and efficient gate porter . |
| 11 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 12 | The first week in July I was called to the Malet Street premises of the University . |
| 13 | That meant I was transferred to the grammar school at Bideford , where I stayed until I took my " O " levels in the first year the system was inaugurated . |
| 14 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |
| 15 | I was chatting to the team doctor and secretary and I told them I was a Leeds United supporter , and I kept up with the Leeds news via the computer network ( spread the word ; - ) ) . |
| 16 | ‘ I used to do women 's programmes but I was moved to the God slot . |
| 17 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 18 | I was listening to the same genial , slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert . |
| 19 | I was listening to the two in the back working their way through a typical RAF ditty with the repetitive chorus of , ‘ There 's only one bar — BOO ! |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I was with him when the call came in to do the video so I was listening to the call , although I was minding my own business . |
| 21 | I was listening to the radio when I was out in the car this morning and it 's coming down |
| 22 | I was listening to the radio ! |
| 23 | Today I was listening to the talk on the radio coming home , it last night , and the , there was a , representative from one of the largest eh , firms that transport new cars in this country |
| 24 | I was listening to the end bit , I was saying what were we about at the end . |
| 25 | Have you li I was listening to the wireless this afternoon |
| 26 | I mean I 'm speaking as a political animal because I watch all the television , I mean I take my wireless to bed and listen to the actually I was listening to the wireless at erm half past eleven when they started it , so I 'm not speaking as a person that sort of does n't watch or listen to the Gulf business , but I think it 's erm on too much . |
| 27 | To cut a long story short , the church was granted special provision to use the building twelve months before it became generally available ; I was elected to the executive and later became a trustee of the community centre . |
| 28 | I had a similar experience back in 1978 , when I was elected to the national executive committee of the Labour party . |
| 29 | Before I was elected to the House , I worked as a solicitor in a law centre in Leicester where I dealt with many immigration cases . |
| 30 | At the end of the first year I was summoned to the Dean 's office . |