Example sentences of "was [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 2 | In 1875 a memorial was erected to him in the British Cemetery . |
| 3 | I well remember a little cardigan from a High Street store that was given to me for my ( then ) six-month-old baby . |
| 4 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 5 | She said , ‘ You see , before the war , this was given to me as a present , and it was full of chocolates . ’ |
| 6 | The watch was given to me as a surety by Meredith Putt , lord of Swinbrook Manor . ’ |
| 7 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |
| 8 | ‘ Being a hijra was the only possibility for me ; there was no other career I could have pursued with the body that was given to me at birth . |
| 9 | Another native wood melick , Melica uniflora , was given to me in its variegated form . |
| 10 | Mary said : ‘ Within 20 minutes of his birth he was given to me in a blanket , still covered in blood . |
| 11 | " When your mother was given to me in marriage , my father and hers entered an agreement , Sara . |
| 12 | This recipe was given to me by a well-travelled customer on her return from the USA . |
| 13 | ‘ It was given to me by my grandmother , the lady Jacquetta , and has a curious history . |
| 14 | The passive is one such option in English ( cf. John gave me this book and This book was given to me by John , which are both unmarked ) . |
| 15 | There 's also a big , gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother . |
| 16 | It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing |
| 17 | ‘ It was given to me by someone who feels deeply on the subject , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than |
| 19 | I refer to a parliamentary answer that was given to me by the Under-Secretary of State for Employment , the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire ( Mr. Forth ) . |
| 20 | But , we know that April was a low figure , we also know that July and August are low a figure which comes out from this graph and was given to me by the director yesterday , is a genuine average which is turning out to be between a hundred and a hundred and ten placements per month twelve hundred to fourteen hundred placements per year a thr over a three year average residency period three thousand six hundred to four thousand two hundred placements in residential care , where then is the real problem . |
| 21 | Your name was given to me by Liz Robertson , in connection with Bruce Harris 's visit , and as I have failed to contact you by ‘ phone I thought I would write . |
| 22 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
| 23 | The Editor is grateful for the help that was given to him by catering personnel at MOD Stanmore who supplied the photographs and RAF Uxbridge . |
| 24 | Incidentally , the comedian Des O'Connor owns a guitar which was given to him by Holly , while Buddy was on tour in the UK . |
| 25 | claimed that his power was given to him by god , but everyone knew that the throne had been seized by his father . |
| 26 | ODDLY enough , although he was for almost 50 years a pillar of the British dance band scene , by his own account Joe Crossman 's only popular acclaim was given to him in the United States for his beautiful alto saxophone solo on Stanley Black 's mid-Forties recording of Django Reinhardt 's ballad ‘ Nuages ’ . |
| 27 | The drama of the moment was recaptured in Perelandra , the second in the science-fiction trilogy , where Ransom remembers the strength which was given to him in a moment requiring supreme moral courage . |
| 28 | Jesus had no power of himself , he only communicated and performed through that which was given to him in relationship with the Father ( John 17:7f ) . |
| 29 | Although Francis Berry 's involvement with the cellar came purely from his friendship with Lutyens , this must not be taken as favouritism Berry 's was one of the oldest wine merchants in the business ( the company started trading in 1699 ) , and their first royal warrant was given to them by Edward VII , an honour the firm holds to this day . |
| 30 | The Jews ' special characteristics derive from the religion which was given to them by Moses , which stressed one God who was invisible and would not allow images of Himself to be made for worship . |