Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those early days they were expected to go to chapel every morning ; bells seemed to announce every change in the timetable . |
| 2 | That particular party broke up at five , and two guests were persuaded to go to bed rather than drive all the way back to West Meath . |
| 3 | Aye , we 've done all sorts of things , there was er I used to go to chapel as well I I we were we were compelled to go to chapel . |
| 4 | Twenty factories obeying Yeltsin 's strike call were asked to return to work by Sobchak . |
| 5 | When the coach stopped and the students were asked to point to home , those without magnets performed significantly better than those with magnets . |
| 6 | For example after their early years in Britain , Sikh women were allowed to go to work but even after all these years of earning a wage they rarely make , or are consulted about , decisions made about money . |
| 7 | In 1988 there were 1087 applications for leave to seek judicial review in all civil cases of which 618 were allowed to proceed to consideration of their merits ( Judicial Statistics , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | 89% were allowed to walk to school as a child . |
| 9 | This great Irish tragedy claimed some 2 million lives and of those who survived thousands were forced to emigrate to North America , resulting in one of the most crippling population losses ever experienced by any country . |
| 10 | Provident societies , often connected with home buying , had existed since the end of the eighteenth century ; in 1872 a Provident Knowledge Society was established ‘ for the promotion of thrift among the lower classes ’ , who were encouraged to contribute to penny banks and post-office savings . |
| 11 | The officials were charged with kidnap and assault and were ordered to return to court in October . |
| 12 | He was heard to say to Winner , ‘ You know , I feel that in this sequence I 'm running a bit too slowly . |
| 13 | Suddenly he realised the single glaring inconsistency in any line of argument which was designed to point to revenge or the settlement of a grudge as a motive for the attempt . |
| 14 | All this time , her cries and weepings had so increased in volume and in duration ( sometimes she cried for five or six hours ) that she was forbidden to go to church , and had to be confessed and absolved in a private chapel . |
| 15 | The principle of orality was considered to contribute to unanimity in decision making because of the thorough sifting and testing of argument in unrestricted oral argument . |
| 16 | Second , he was expected to lead to war the king 's benefice-holders ( vassi ) from within his county . |
| 17 | The fact that the care programme ‘ creates a lot more work if you 're doing it properly ’ was recognized almost universally , and the pressure upon staff was seen to lead to frustration and overwork . |
| 18 | It 's this ‘ woman as victim ’ angle that particularly bothers other female musicians , especially Miki Berenyi , who was moved to write to Angst after Steven Wells ' Daisy Chainsaw interview ( wrongly ) alluded to Katie Jane Garside having been mentally and sexually abused as a child . |
| 19 | At approximately 1302 hours the aircraft was instructed to change to Goose terminal control frequently at which time the aircraft was about 110 nautical miles from Goose Bay . |
| 20 | When they got home , he was told to go to bed , and meekly obeyed . |
| 21 | They were kept in the house overnight and yesterday morning one was told to go to work as normal at the west Belfast shop . |
| 22 | Once I was told to cut to ground level everything in the border , which I did . |
| 23 | Fang Lizhi , a leading astrophysicist noted for his frequent outspoken comments on the Chinese political system was invited to speak to electronics students at Beida on 4 November 1985 . |
| 24 | Donkey Lane It was intimated that a considerable number of horses were galloping along this road which was bound to lead to deterioration of the surface . |
| 25 | Donkey Lane It was intimated that a considerable number of horses were galloping along this road which was bound to lead to deterioration of the surface . |
| 26 | Of course , the deception was bound to come to light sooner or later . |
| 27 | Work developed using a variety of apparatus , each with its own qualities , which was found to lead to freedom of movement , encouraging depth and breadth of swing , resilience and flow whilst stimulating enjoyment . |
| 28 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 29 | So long as he was successful in that action too , a further thirty days later he was authorized to proceed to execution . |
| 30 | Almost immediately it was revealed that he had told a radio interviewer on the morning of the lunch that there would be no such tax on gold-mining companies , and he was forced to return to parliament later on April 11 to admit that his memory of events had been mistaken . |