Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I just remind members of the board of the next two meetings which are at the bottom of the er a a agenda and were given to you previously of course . |
| 2 | You may wish to say that so many more children could be benefited if the resources were diverted to them instead . |
| 3 | So really you were recommended to us then ? |
| 4 | So we share his horror as he observes in himself , experiences almost passively — as if it were happening to someone else — the emergence of the tempting desire to murder Duncan ( ‘ suggestion ’ still had the sense of diabolic temptation ) : There , with amazing speed , and as if parenthetically ( ‘ whose murder yet ’ ) we become privy to the secret that sets him apart from the others on stage , the goal to which all his energies will ultimately be directed . |
| 5 | Then they to whom we prisoners were Said to us tauntingly , Now let us hear your Hebrew songs And pleasant melody . |
| 6 | A few days later he begged for the offices held by his father and complained that it would be a great disgrace to him if they were granted to anyone else . |
| 7 | The B.E.T 's holdings in the Metropolitan Tramways and the UndergrounD Group 's holdings in the London United Tramways were transferred to it forthwith . |
| 8 | A number of activities that were closed to him before — such as camping and sailing — are now a possibility . |
| 9 | I felt there was something there I could grab hold of , whereas a lot of scripts that were offered to me before were pretty crummy . |
| 10 | Timothy West believes that he did n't take the opportunities that were offered to him far enough . |
| 11 | People were drawn to him almost against their will , even when they knew his faults . |
| 12 | Doctors were hurrying to him now , lifting him with careful , expert hands , speaking soothingly as they helped support him and half carry him back towards the wards . |
| 13 | The sea had worn little ruts in the wood and barnacles were clinging to it everywhere . |
| 14 | Last year the student leaders were coming to him privately asking for his ideas . |
| 15 | Now the selection of pupils was another gamble and they were allocated to us straight from the various flying training schools . |
| 16 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 17 | Thought it was only a day , and they were talking to somebody else on the ferry who said they did this trip every year did n't they ? |
| 18 | Golding 's voice sank to a murmur , as if he were talking to himself rather than Derek . |
| 19 | Th the decision you were putting to us though Trevor , was whether we put somebody on extra duty payment ? |
| 20 | He was so extraordinarily quiet and self-possessed , it was almost as if he were chatting to us confidentially about it all instead of making an elaborate speech . |
| 21 | Well , as you know , she did n't have a sweet tooth , not her , but I — They were sent to her twice a year for as long as I can remember . |
| 22 | ‘ Your letters were sent to me immediately from Baker Street , and were very helpful . |
| 23 | The following details of courses were sent to us recently but we were unable to include them in an earlier issue . |
| 24 | I wanter to make sure I was properly covered , not only in case of damage to the car , but in case something were to happen to me too . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They were forwarded to me here at my request and I was impressed . |
| 26 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 27 | ‘ But this chance was given to us in extremely bad conditions . ’ |
| 28 | She was singing to her hoarsely , struggling through exhaustion and grief to find breath . |
| 29 | All he was doing was catering to one particularly backward-looking group of people . |
| 30 | He says the victim was walking to her home just a few minutes away along a very busy street . |