Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damian sat down slowly in his place , completely silenced by the rebuke , staring at Gawain as if he were trying to understand the thought-processes which had led up to it . |
| 2 | Hawk always felt ill at ease in these conversations , as if he were forced to read the lines of a savage redskin in a Hollywood film . |
| 3 | He began to whistle beneath his breath , a soft sound without a tune , as if he were attempting to imitate the rushing of wind through trees . |
| 4 | He was beginning to take the idea of pursuit seriously . |
| 5 | She stared apprehensively into fitzAlan 's eyes , searching beneath the gleaming mockery for a sign that he was beginning to remember the events of the night . |
| 6 | But it by no means establishes that he was beginning to question the stability of species . |
| 7 | He was beginning to find the sex interesting , and had already started to wonder whether he should try to make her position permanent . |
| 8 | He was beginning to recognise the signs . |
| 9 | He was beginning to understand the appeal of the religious life , particularly of the life governed by a religious Rule , with its vows of Poverty , Chastity and Obedience . |
| 10 | He was beginning to get the idea that he was n't meant to have a happy future with women . |
| 11 | Warrant Officer Peter Loggenberg , a prison warder for 16 years , said he was motivated to join the union because he objected to the imprisonment of Coloured juveniles alongside adult prisoners . |
| 12 | Although he did not die , his handsome face was shattered and he was condemned to wander the world in poverty , begging for alms . |
| 13 | Mr Reenan says he was pursuaded to hand the tape over to a Sun reporter . |
| 14 | The 1942 film , ’ The First of the Few ’ starring Leslie Howard as the designer , told a slightly different story , suggesting he was inspired to design the Sptifire by watching seagulls wheeling in the air . |
| 15 | In his Esso days he was invited to join the board of Williams $ Glyn . |
| 16 | In 1962 he was invited to join the Ferrari team and two years later he was world champion when he pipped Graham Hill by one point . |
| 17 | When in 1947 he was invited to join the Dixielanders one of his fellow musicians was Wally Fawkes , the Daily Mail column-breaker and cartoonist , who came out to Camberwell once a week to attend Minton 's illustration classes . |
| 18 | After attending the British Chess Championships at Eastbourne , he was invited to join the British junior squad in Bridgend , Wales , last year . |
| 19 | When the young Raphael painted in the style of Leonardo , he was invited to redecorate the Vatican . |
| 20 | By far his greatest publicity coup , however , came when he was invited to discuss the idea with Derek Jamieson on Radio 2 . |
| 21 | In July , NICRA 's executive committee was meeting in Kevin Agnew 's house in Maghera ; Currie had phoned Fred Heatley and asked to be allowed to put an idea to the committee , and he was invited to address the meeting . |
| 22 | The years in east London had given him an insight into the restricted lives of inner-city youth and when , in 1930 , he was invited to become the first national secretary of the newly formed Youth Hostels Association , he readily accepted . |
| 23 | In 1886 he was invited to become the chief mechanical engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , for whom he completed , equipped , and organized the engineering workshops in Horwich , widely regarded as a model of their kind , eventually employing over 10,000 men . |
| 24 | When Moszkowicz increased his shareholding , he was invited to rejoin the board by a director . |
| 25 | After the talk he was invited to select the best dressed carrot in the club 's competition for the month . |
| 26 | Whittaker got the recognition he deserved when he was invited to accompany the England team to Canada in 1931 . |
| 27 | I asked him where he was goin' to get the pennies from , and he said he 'd nick them from the superintendent 's gas money . |
| 28 | When Coleman encoded a message to this effect to Control , he was instructed to conclude the arrangements at once , if possible before he left . |
| 29 | He had not been seen again since he was observed to leave the hotel just after lunch ; observed by Mrs Roscoe ( who else ? ) — and also , as Morse knew , by Lewis himself . |
| 30 | He was asked to do the music for Frontenac 's libretto … . ’ |