Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy and Judy are taken to make-up to have those nerves calmed and for a bit of pampering . |
| 2 | The artist 's sketches and scribbles are analysed to demonstrate recurring motifs and psychological preoccupations guilt at the death of Casegemas or a mistress 's abortion for example while figures such as Alfred Jarry , Max Jacob and Gertrude Stein are brought to life in Richardson 's simple , flowing prose . |
| 3 | All Bavarias are built to Germanscher Lloyd standards , have a built-in anti-osmosis barrier and come with a 5 year hull guarantee . |
| 4 | Two crew members of the Glenmore were winched to safety by helicopter shortly before their vessel went down . |
| 5 | At the same time ten battalions of Territorials were set to work building a new broad-gauge railway to Revigny . |
| 6 | Mr and Mrs Hill were invited to Egypt to meet some of the country 's officials and see the area where the attack happened . |
| 7 | The most recent scare story concerning Nirvana involves Courtney being admitted to hospital in Bilbao — Nirvana 's final port of call before heading back to the US — having damaged her womb . |
| 8 | Like Alum Pot and Gaping Gill , Malham is known to generations of " O " level , " A " level and C 5 E geography students as a superb example of limestone scenery . |
| 9 | Sue is sworn to secrecy about what will befall Audrey in the coming weeks . |
| 10 | Milton Keynes is committed to recycling and spent five million pounds on this recycling plant opening in November . |
| 11 | One dreads a future version in which Freud is set to work on the decision of Higgins and Pickering to set up together as two old bachelors . |
| 12 | In 1911 , following six months ' military service with the Danish infantry , Rambush was invited to England by Arthur H. Lymn , who had formed a business in London to further develop and exploit commercially existing processes of gas production for industrial purposes . |
| 13 | In 1957 Lawrie was promoted to District Geologist of the Highlands and Islands district . |
| 14 | When the vastly popular Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis was appointed to Canada in 1946 , Letson — as a soldier with wide connections in business and society — proved an admirable choice as Secretary to the Governor-General . |
| 15 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 16 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 17 | Sarah-Jane was rushed to Alder Hey Hospital for emergency treatment but was back at home today . |
| 18 | In 1764 Thomas Paine was posted to Alford to work in the Excise Office which was housed in the old Windmill Inn in the market place . |
| 19 | Richard was stabbed to death in the back garden of his home in Newtown 4 weeks ago . |
| 20 | Richard was taken to Stratford-upon-Avon for a week where they saw Marlowe 's Dr Faustus and the ex-schoolteacher had his ward up in the morning in the hotel gardens to study and learn by heart the great speeches . |
| 21 | In his teens , with his father 's health deteriorating , Richard was taken to Hollywood to be his ‘ personal assistant ’ . |
| 22 | By 1842 Brussels was linked to Antwerp , Ostend , and the French frontier . |
| 23 | Rebecca was transferred to Southport where she is still being looked after . |
| 24 | Andy was re-admitted to hospital a couple of weeks later for the second operation . |
| 25 | The LDP was returned to power at the general election of Feb. 18 , 1990 [ see pp. 37237-38 ] . |
| 26 | His later Lives do not inspire great confidence in their historical details about a young king seeking the hand of Offa 's daughter in marriage and falling a victim to the machinations of Queen Cynethryth , who alleged that Aethelberht 's real intention was to reconnoitre the Mercian kingdom with a view to invading it , and when the Chronicon ex Chronicis also claims that Aethelberht was put to death by Offa at the instigation of Queen Cynethryth it is not necessarily independent of the legend . |
| 27 | As Helen drove to the maternity wing at South Cleveland Hospital , Middlesbrough , to deliver little Sophie , David was rushed to North Tees Hospital , Stockton , on the orders of an emergency doctor . |
| 28 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |
| 29 | Photographer Steve Wright was sent to Warrington to take a shot of George Formby 's gravestone which was to feature in Morrissey 's début EMI single sleeve . |
| 30 | He would use whatever insight into Angy 's true nature that he had gleaned from Rick and Lou to undermine the pure , unsullied image that Barney was dedicated to preserving . |