Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 2 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 3 | If they were to report it to the company the whole crew could lose their jobs . ’ |
| 4 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 5 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 6 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 7 | Copies were to be sent to all sheriffs , who were to publish them to the people ; others were to be kept in all cathedral churches and read twice a year . |
| 8 | Their parents were sending them to the Wimbledon Islamic Day Independent Boys ' School because they wanted them to grow up English . |
| 9 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 10 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 11 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 14 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 15 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 16 | Eventually she noticed the changing note of the engine as they began to descend , and soon Marc was bringing them to a more sedate pace as he nursed the car over the drawbridge . |
| 17 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 18 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 19 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 20 | In those circumstances the only option open to a government , determined to return Rover to the private sector , was to sell it to a British company which was not involved in the car industry . |
| 21 | He was selling Gary Druer from Travel Enterprise rooms at rock-bottom rates , and Gary was retailing them to the client for top whack , trading on our reputation . |
| 22 | His aim was to reconvert them to a Unitarian Christianity devoid of superstition . |
| 23 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 24 | By May 1987 McFarlane was describing them to the Baltimore Sun as ‘ incompetent Coca-Cola bottlers and clerks ’ . |
| 25 | You said your Mum was calling you to the kitchen ! |
| 26 | ‘ He was feeding them to the tigers ! ! ’ |
| 27 | But still the horses would n't budge : they were fixed as if something was holding them to the road . |
| 28 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 29 | ‘ The most foolish thing I ever did was take her to the Foundling . |
| 30 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |