Example sentences of "he was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , at seventeen , he was bowing to Mrs Cohen 's wish and had entered University College to study medicine . |
| 2 | On coming upstairs , he had turned to her for comfort , desperate to make love , needing to feel the growing swell of her body that was his own flesh and blood and , as always , he was moved to tears by it . |
| 3 | Sukarno suffered from malaria ; in 1938 he was moved to Benkulen in Sumatra , perhaps for humanitarian reasons ( in 1936 Hatta and Sjahrir were moved from their vile jungle camp ) , or perhaps because the Dutch hoped that a more Islamic environment would complete his ‘ conversion , from politics to religion , for Islam in Sumatra was more powerful than the syncretic faith of Java . |
| 4 | Soon after John 's return from leave he was moved to Eastbourne . |
| 5 | MUSA ANTER : A Kurdish journalist , he was shot to death in Diyarbakir , south east Turkey , on 20 September 1992 ; |
| 6 | The previous week 30 of the country 's 60 examining magistrates had been dismissed , and the Attorney General of Antioquia province , the principal negotiator of the surrender of the Medellín drug cartel chief Pablo Escobar Gaviria in June [ see p. 38283 ] , had resigned after it was revealed that he was related to Gaviria . |
| 7 | He was condemned to death , and saved only by the intervention of a German padre . |
| 8 | He was condemned to death in his absence ( 469 ) and arrived in Persia as late as 465 , eluding en route an Athenian fleet which was besieging Naxos . |
| 9 | Although a scholar , and married with two sons , in 1677 he had got a young girl with child , and then murdered the child ; for which he was condemned to death . |
| 10 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
| 11 | His reputation as a shipbuilder was still second to none and , having built a warship for the Sultan of Turkey , he was invited to Turkey to re-organise the country 's construction of warships . |
| 12 | In 1887 he was invited to Kensington chapel , where he was ordained 17 October 1889 : determined that Horne should be its minister , Kensington waited eighteen months for him to complete his course . |
| 13 | He was invited to London and all sorts of treats were held out to him as to how he would be entertained on such a visit , trips to the theatre and concerts , a specially organized tour of ‘ Swinging London ’ , Carnaby Street , the King 's Road and so on . |
| 14 | Before he left he was invited to dinner at Buckingham Palace by George V and Queen Mary . |
| 15 | Once in New York he was invited to Wall Street where he addressed the assembled and hushed stockbrokers who had suspended business with the understanding that the talk would not exceed three minutes . |
| 16 | He was remanded to Cardiff Prison . |
| 17 | After his arrest , in 1989 , he was remanded to Brixton prison hospital wing . |
| 18 | ‘ … 'Cos he was tryin' to f ’ force me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He was tryin' to f ’ force me . ’ |
| 20 | He was referred to University College Hospital for specialist treatment . |
| 21 | He was referred to Wirral JJ. ex. p . |
| 22 | Patrick knew that he was bleeding to death . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . ’ |
| 24 | ( Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . |
| 25 | She told him he was jumping to conclusions . |
| 26 | His reference to the respondents having no alternative but to continue to pay and to Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton suggests that he was referring to payments made to avoid unpleasant consequences other than a simple action of payment . |
| 27 | He was referring to Ryan again . |
| 28 | He was referring to print-outs that had enabled the US Congress to discover that he had been secretly bombing Cambodia . |
| 29 | He was referring to Lou Duva , his former manager , and George Benton , then trainer . |
| 30 | He was referring to Elise ! |