Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] they to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drovers disposed the cattle , tended them until the sale-day , and when they were sold delivered them to the farmers who had bought them . |
| 2 | The parents of children found to be suffering from any illness at a fieldworker 's visit were advised to take them to the nearest health facility for diagnosis and treatment . |
| 3 | In the case of Alan Charlton , he has these six very fine grey panels , by very fine I just mean they are handsomely proportioned , they are very carefully coloured to a very precise , not just colour but also weight of colour and brightness and so on , but the way they 're shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition , and this is part of it 's stupidity , is , well I got the feeling it was intended to kill them to stone dead by putting them next to something very loud , very elaborate , very expressionist , a vast canvass by a very good painter by Mutter . |
| 4 | Something about the man aroused the guard 's suspicions , so he was asked to accompany them to the frontier post for further questioning . |
| 5 | They once lived on a housing estate , but the council was forced to move them to the isolated bungalow after complaints from neighbours . |
| 6 | In an ensuing fight around Christmas time 1896 the police had swooped and arrested twenty-eight youths some of whom were found to be in possession of pistols , which was taken to link them to a young girl 's death — although this was some months later . |