Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year I was invited to Wimbledon on the big day by ticket-holding members of the media . |
| 2 | I was invited to lunch one day . |
| 3 | First of all I was invited to lunch in Leeds and they sent the helicopter for me , piloted by Captain John Leeson , who had done all the flying for the aerial shots in the film . |
| 4 | Today I was invited to tea at Lady Emily 's to meet Krishnaji . |
| 5 | ‘ MY MISSION IN ENGLAND COMPLETED , I WAS RECALLED TO WASHINGTON ’ |
| 6 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 7 | G. Hare , D.S.C. , who takes up the story of the preparations : ‘ In mid April 1941 I was called to London for a secret verbal appointment and interviewed by Rear-Admiral Clement Moody , the Fifth Sea Lord ( he had been my Captain in ‘ Eagle ’ ) . |
| 8 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
| 9 | The day after returning to Vancouver I was called to Ira Dilworth 's office at five o'clock . |
| 10 | And anyway erm I first went to and the money ran out and so Grammar School , and then er I was transferred to PorthMadog County School where er Jonathan at that time was chairman of the board of governors . |
| 11 | After a month 's stay at UCH ( University College Hospital in Central London ) I was transferred to specialist cardiologist Dr Jane Sommerville at the then National Heart Hospital . |
| 12 | I was moved to Martin , the most rowdy house in the prison . |
| 13 | On the strength of my boxing I was elected to Vincent 's , a club consisting of Blues and other notable athletes . |
| 14 | In July 1961 I was summoned to Banbury Grammar School for an interview for the headmastership . |
| 15 | I was sent to Bedford in Bedfordshire . |
| 16 | After three glorious years in the sunshine I was sent to Holland where I remained until I joined AIB in 1955 as a Senior Inspector of Accidents ( Operations ) . |
| 17 | and I was sent to Margate with my Mum . |
| 18 | His marriage , which had been arranged by his family , was n't a success , and , following a Diomede tradition , I was sent to England for my schooling . ’ |
| 19 | The truth is that I was sent to Scotland to find out what happened , is happening and might happen . ’ |
| 20 | I was perfectly happy until I was sent to school at the age of five . |
| 21 | I was sent to school here , so I must learn as much as I can . ’ |
| 22 | Of course I was sent to bed without any supper . |
| 23 | In fact , I was sent to bed as a punishment . |
| 24 | At 13 , I was sent to Dovercourt camp , which I remember with affection because it was my first home after leaving my family in Germany . |
| 25 | The third offence , that was after the immigration problems , I was sent to prison . |
| 26 | I was sent to prison for five weeks . |
| 27 | It was not thought too good at one time , so I was sent to Slough General Hospital for an X-Ray . |
| 28 | After fighting with the 8th Army at El Alamein I was sent to Leros via Palestine . |
| 29 | ‘ I was sent to Australia , you know , because I escaped from the prison-ship . |
| 30 | I was sent to Holloway prison . |