Example sentences of "they were [verb] to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were led to do this after major expressions of concern about the difficulties institutions were facing in their libraries in coping with the massive expansion in student numbers . |
| 2 | Dodges like this immediately make one suspicious about what they had to hide , and they tended to occur when they were wishing to do some ‘ personal business ’ while on duty , or simply to skive . |
| 3 | Teeth-cleaning , proper washing , saying of prayers , they were trusted to do those on their own . |
| 4 | In America they were encouraged to do this by over-eager lenders and a scramble to assemble nationwide route-networks after the industry was deregulated in 1978 . |
| 5 | I was frantically doing this and I showed up at rehearsal thinking they were going to do all the songs , but we did n't do anything until two or three days later ! |
| 6 | ‘ We tried to encourage the people to work with each other , and talk to politicians , because they argued a lot about what they were going to do all the time , ’ he said . |
| 7 | They told him they were going to do this , the papers were signed and he became their son . |
| 8 | I could n't accept it ; my resolve to carry on snapped and I said that if they were going to do this , then 1 , too , would not eat . |
| 9 | They were going to do this to her again … |