Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was transporting her to another world , and she responded to him with uninhibited abandon . |
| 2 | For several days , maybe up to a week before that , whatever I was doing it was leading him to that decision . |
| 3 | and the doctors was selling them to rich Romanians and things like that so there 's such a lot of corruption in the country . |
| 4 | The pater was saying something to that effect only the other day . |
| 5 | He was aping them to some extent , but what was different was that touching quality . ’ |
| 6 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 7 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 8 | Not for them the comfortable life ; they might get ideas above their station , which was to devote themselves to hard labour and be grateful for small mercies . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems as if I really do need to lie down , ’ she said faintly , and then he had swept her off the ground and was carrying her to one of the low , comfortable sofas in a private alcove where donors who were feeling faint could eat and drink in peace and quiet as they recovered . |