Example sentences of "was [verb] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All fairly straightforward though the coded letter we recovered from his baggage took a long time to crack , while his shaving kit will never be the same again after each piece was stripped to its component parts by one participant . |
| 2 | ‘ His hand was welded to my back ’ , she tells her daughter of the courtship with the paterfamilias now buried in an iron coffin . |
| 3 | Three days later he was confiding to his diary that the night bombardment made him ‘ think of that nightmare room of Edgar Allan Poe , in which the walls closed in one after the other . ’ |
| 4 | He later admitted that his knowledge of trams was limited to his experience where , as Chief Engineer , he was lucky to get fifteen out of a decrepit fleet of fifty-seven trams into service each day ! |
| 5 | Apart from his personal duty to observe the papal decrees of 1099 , his responsibility was limited to his duty to defend the rights and properties of the church of Canterbury . |
| 6 | With the growing awareness of the scale of financing which would be necessary for urgent economic and environmental projects in Eastern Europe , there was some recognition that the EBRD could only be one of several sources of funds , but emphasis was given to its potential as a co-ordinating and technical assistance agency . |
| 7 | When asked , she tells me it was given to her ancestress the Duchesse de Guise by Marie Antoinette . |
| 8 | I know this was actually worn by her , I do n't , I , I 'm not sure whether it was given to her maid , I do n't think so . |
| 9 | The Act occasioned a considerable debate about the needs of the disabled and as a result much publicity was given to their cause and many of their problems received greater critical attention . |
| 10 | Around five hundred pounds was given to his wife Pam at his funeral . |
| 11 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 12 | When Mr Ramsay died in 1943 the Leaders paid tribute to one who was greatly loved : ‘ Testimony was given to his worth and zeal in the work and all that pertained to the welfare of the church , and particularly to his services in the choir and his love for the weekly prayer meeting . ’ |
| 13 | His Cabinet portfolio was given to his predecessor as floor leader , Kim Dong Young . |
| 14 | And of course a all that was given to my mother , I us I never used to get nothing back . |
| 15 | It was £500 in one pounds notes which was given to my husband in exchange for a car . |
| 16 | She was in no mood to see Anna ; all she wanted was to go to her room and be alone , to think about this strange day and the stranger way it had ended . |
| 17 | A gun was placed to his forehead . |
| 18 | Her shift , too , was white , but it was sticking to her body here and there with sweat . |
| 19 | But asked if Mr Onanuga was sticking to his story , Bernadette , 26 , replied : ‘ John is not a liar . ’ |
| 20 | On 7 March he entertained at the hotel — the bill No. 216 amounting to £16.50 was posted to his account . |
| 21 | In the face of self-proclaimed Western universalism , Islamic and Arabic culture was shaken to its foundation . |
| 22 | In 1968 the lady was traced to her home in Paris where Rasputin 's splendid organ was still intact and resembling a well-ripened banana about a foot in length . |
| 23 | But Anselm had another reason for action : the procedure he had started eighteen months earlier for excommunicating the king if he did not return the lands and revenues of the archbishopric was drawing to its end . |
| 24 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
| 25 | Perhaps , thought Morse , the illicit little office affair was drawing to its close . |
| 26 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 27 | By the time the eighth ‘ Carry On ’ film went before the cameras when Gentle Jack was drawing to its conclusion , he was established as the honorary patron of the club . |
| 28 | Everything dead ; and she was singing to her doll . |
| 29 | We describe the case of a 17 year old woman who was referred to our service for treatment of panic attacks . |
| 30 | Almost a year after presenting to the accident and emergency department she was referred to our chest unit for observation and treatment . |