Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rey was probably heir to a long tradition in the matter of prompting : no prompt-box can be seen in the illustrations from the 1747 Palais-Royal performance ( illus.s ) or the 1745 Versailles performance ( illus.3 ) . |
| 2 | As Lady Romsey gently cradled Holly in her arms , the girl 's mother Julie said : ‘ Both the Romseys and their nanny were particularly kind to us when Leonora and Holly were receiving treatment . |
| 3 | You saw , sir , by her fit , she was in terror , and although your honour intended her no harm , yet the apprehension was almost death to her . |
| 4 | Nothing was omitted , no aspect of her being was not party to this miraculous moment of ultimate sharing , and in the final vibration of the after-shock set up by the last incredible convulsion of ecstasy , she heard Luke gasping her name and understood that she did n't hate him and never had . |
| 5 | Rodney Toogood , chairman , said the matter was not material to the business . |
| 6 | The new group format was also kind to holders Llanelli , who entertain either St Albans or Bridgend Athletic — both junior clubs . |
| 7 | In Waugh v British Rail Board [ 1980 ] AC 521 the House of Lords decided that where a report , following an inquiry , had been prepared as much to prevent further accidents as to obtain legal advice about potential claims , it was not privileged because its sole or dominant purpose was not submission to a legal adviser in view of litigation . |
| 8 | From the early summer of 1916 , the growth point of pacifist protest was not resistance to conscription , but the demand for a negotiated peace . |
| 9 | Aunt M. nags and nags , and Uncle John said outright that he did n't see why they should have to be responsible for me , when Mother was only half-sister to Aunt Millicent . |
| 10 | The weather was not kind to the competitors in 1987 , being very wet and stormy . |