Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] to the " 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 13 | 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 ’ |
| 14 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 18 | By May 1987 McFarlane was describing them to the Baltimore Sun as ‘ incompetent Coca-Cola bottlers and clerks ’ . |
| 19 | You said your Mum was calling you to the kitchen ! |
| 20 | ‘ He was feeding them to the tigers ! ! ’ |
| 21 | But still the horses would n't budge : they were fixed as if something was holding them to the road . |
| 22 | ‘ The most foolish thing I ever did was take her to the Foundling . |
| 23 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 24 | We had been given an army escort and were following an officer who was taking us to the camp . |
| 25 | The tactic used by the Commission for passing the Single European Act was to present it to the member states as if it were the only thing on offer : either take this or leave the Community . |
| 26 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |
| 27 | Before she was aware of what he was doing , he had lifted her up and was carrying her to the bed , where he deposited her gently , like some priceless , fragile object . |
| 28 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 29 | There was the Cambridge Rapist in his mask with references to ‘ A Hard Day 's Night ’ — the idea was to link it to the death of The Beatles ' manager , Brian Epstein , during a supposed bout of homosexual S&M . |
| 30 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |