Example sentences of "and was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ But Aunt Louise had closed her eyes and was pretending to be asleep . |
| 2 | When Rob broke a leg she was able to make up a lot of lost ground and was selected to the British Team two seasons before him in 1981 . |
| 3 | He served as editor of The Times while unable to type , as chairman of the Arts Council while unable to drive , and was appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Council unaware that one of Britain 's most popular television shows was named Jim 'll Fix It ( ‘ Who 's Jim ? ’ he once asked ) . |
| 4 | In 1852 he relinquished his teaching duties on grounds of poor health and was appointed to the sinecure posts of director of the College , secretary and resident governor . |
| 5 | He joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1937 and was appointed to its board in 1941 . |
| 6 | Meanwhile he continued also to operate as a moneylender , advancing large sums on bond during these same decades , and was appointed to a royal commission on the cloth trade in the late 1630s . |
| 7 | He commanded a hired merchantman in the summer of 1650 , serving under his brother , and was appointed to a fourth-rate warship for the following winter guard . |
| 8 | In 1879 he passed the examination for county inspector and was appointed to Donegal . |
| 9 | Wounded in action , he was twice mentioned in dispatches , was awarded the MC ( June 1916 ) , and was appointed to the DSO ( June 1918 ) . |
| 10 | He received an honorary DCL ( Durham ) in 1908 , was elected a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1909 , was knighted for his Royal Society work in 1912 , and was appointed to the premier diocesan chancellorship , London , in the same year . |
| 11 | In 1932 he chaired a committee of enquiry on the Post Office and was appointed to the BBC board of governors , and in 1935 he became BBC chairman . |
| 12 | There is , however , no evidence that Ali Kuscu succeeded Molla Husrev , and Uzuncarsili 's statement that he had been transferred to the Ayasofya medrese ( which is not mentioned in the needs to be set against the report that Ali Kuscu accompanied Mehmed II on the campaign against Uzun Hasan ( began Shawwal 877/March 1473 ) and was appointed to the Ayasofya medrese only on their return ( mid-878/autumn 1473 ) . |
| 13 | He had been a non-executive director since September 1986 and was appointed to the LVMH Board of Directors in January 1989 . |
| 14 | Born in 1948 , Brendan O'Neill was appointed managing director of Guinness Brewing Worldwide in February 1993 , and was appointed to the main board in April 1993 . |
| 15 | After working in Armagh he became Recorder of Belfast in 1982 and was appointed to the High Court two years later . |
| 16 | A student petition calling for the Chinese government to negotiate with student leaders attracted 80,000 signatures and was presented to Xinhua after another rally on 17 May . |
| 17 | This , in finely-worked bronze inlaid with semi-precious stones , is thought to be by the twelfth-century French master Nicola de Verdun and was presented to the Duomo by Giovanni Battista Trivulzio in 1562 . |
| 18 | This dates from 1729 and was presented to the cathedral by Pope Benedict XIII . |
| 19 | The award is worth £5,000 and was presented to Smith at a dinner held at London Zoo in mid-April . |
| 20 | To commemorate the visit , the Prime Warden the next year , Mr. John Prideaux ( whose father had been Clerk at the time of the 450th Anniversary ) , called at the School in April with designs of a second cup and cover , which was commissioned by the Company from Miss Jocelyn Burton and was presented to the Chairman and Headmaster in July 1974 . |
| 21 | I travelled to the plant to collect the guitar and was treated to a comprehensive tour of what I can confirm as an impressive facility of skilled and committed people in every department . |
| 22 | One recent Saturday afternoon I was walking along High Row and was treated to the sight of a Labour Party vehicle giving out an election message closely followed by a similar van in Conservative colours broadcasting loud music , presumably to drown out the opposition . |
| 23 | He 'd seen her shudder and was rising to his feet , his gaze resting momentarily on her breasts , making her self-consciously aware of the thrust of her nipples against the stretch fabric . |
| 24 | A synthetic dodecapeptide of A-gliadin ( residues 206–217 ) was kindly provided by Dr D Jewell , Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford , and was conjugated to tuberculin purified protein derivative ( PPD ) to act as a carrier using 0.05% gluteraldehyde . |
| 25 | Loretta had wandered back into the drawing-room , and was chatting to a classics don who taught at the same college as Bridget . |
| 26 | Admitting that it was ‘ impossible to ignore the fact ’ that the defendant was ‘ in a different category from any person I have ever tried or am likely to have to try ’ and was acknowledged to be ‘ a man of high ideals and of noble and even saintly life ’ , he took Gandhi gravely to task for his failure to anticipate that violence would be the ‘ inevitable consequence ’ of his acts . |
| 27 | John 's youngest son , Azariah , backed Monmouth in the rebellion and was banished to the West Indies , where he became a sugar planter . |
| 28 | In 1864 he unexpectedly took his brother 's place as a missionary priest and was sent to Hawaii . |
| 29 | Robert Walerand , appointed Justice of the southern forests in 1256 , was Steward of the Household , and was sent to France on diplomatic missions several times during the three years in which he was head of the Forest administration . |
| 30 | At the end of 1252 , however , Geoffrey of Langley was relieved of his Forest office , and was sent to Scotland to act as counsellor to Henry III 's daughter Margaret , Queen of Scotland . |