Example sentences of "who was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | His knowledge of Paris was confined to the underworld , but he did know that the bandit , Chicot , had a mistress who was said to be British . |
| 32 | There was a Venetian princess , Roksanda , who was said to be marvellously beautiful , and the Tsar Doushan of Serbia wished to seek her hand in marriage . |
| 33 | In February , a group of deputies , led by Marko Voljc , who was said to be a candidate for a post in the new government , had called for a no confidence vote against the government . |
| 34 | Mrs Fribbens , who was said to be too frail to give evidence in the original court case , died last weekend , from an unrelated cause . |
| 35 | The new regiment earned its army nickname through the term of endearment used throughout the intimate conversation by the man who was said to be Mr Gilbey . |
| 36 | Angus McInnes , 33 , from Stirling , who was said to be an alcoholic , pled guilty to committing lewd , indecent and libidinous acts towards the girl on numerous occasions between May 1988 and May 1992 . |
| 37 | ‘ Piss off , Clasper , you 've had your day ! ’ yelled a burly figure at the back of the crowd , who was cheered to the echo for his advice . |
| 38 | I was talking to a man with a stammer who was training to be an estate agent when Gillian was brought across by the organiser . |
| 39 | Elderly men clammed up when Barley asked questions in the presence of his assistant , who was felt to be too young ; men rushed howling from the room when he casually asked about circumcision in a sister 's presence . |
| 40 | They all seemed to be pleased except the child , who was banished to bed disappointed , and we sat until the sky blackened , talking and sharing their hedgerow broth . |
| 41 | Radzinowicz and Wootton were joined by Mrs Serota , who was to succeed to the chairmanship after the death of the first chairman , a former Labour Minister with a keen interest in penal policy , Kenneth Younger . |
| 42 | And he said he was unable to resist orders from a drowned boyhood friend called Delroy , who was speaking to him from ‘ beyond the grave ’ . |
| 43 | Neil Cochrane knew immediately who it was who was speaking to him . |
| 44 | She was equally sure that she had not known who was speaking to her brother too . |
| 45 | Spoiling his grand posture as little as possible , he glanced quickly sideways into the crowd to see who was speaking to whom . |
| 46 | With an effort she wrenched her gaze away , forcing her attention to the person who was speaking to her . |
| 47 | That hat has been to Buckingham Palace twice because I lent it to a friend who was invited to a later garden party . |
| 48 | The maiden aunt who was invited to Walsingham House arrived in a four-wheeler . |
| 49 | Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz , President of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation ( CCDHRN ) , who was sentenced to two years ' imprisonment in 1989 for ‘ spreading false news with the aim of endangering the prestige or standing of the Cuban state ’ , is still serving his sentence in Agüica Prison : he is due for release in August 1991 . |
| 50 | Mrs Mandela , who was sentenced to six years imprisonment for complicity to kidnap and assault , is free on bail pending an appeal . |
| 51 | The Baroness 's son Marcus Wilberforce ( top ) , who was sentenced to eighteen months ; above , Askham Grange prison |
| 52 | ‘ Another man-witch , who was sentenced to the galleys for life , said that he had such a pity for the horses which the postillion galloped along the road that he did something to prevent it , which was that he took vervain and said over it the Pater Noster five times and the Ave Maria five times , and then put it on the road so that the horses should cease to run . ’ |
| 53 | A July editorial by William Rees-Mogg ‘ Breaking a butterfly on a wheel ’ was to help free Jagger and Richards , not so Frazer , or John Hopkins , who was sentenced to nine months for marijuana offences on 1 June . |
| 54 | McKee , who was sentenced to 20 years for firearms offences , was recaptured in the Republic three months after escaping . |
| 55 | However , the court upheld the conviction against Mario Biaggi , a former member of the House who was sentenced to eight years ' imprisonment on charges arising from the Wedtech affair . |
| 56 | The eight included the former governor of Shaba province , Koyagialo Ngbase te Geremgbo , who was sentenced to 15 years penal servitude . |
| 57 | ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today . |
| 58 | The daughter of a pensioner who was beaten to death has made an appeal for help in the hunt for her father 's killer . |
| 59 | There was even an Irish site destroyed for its own survival rather like the descendant of the prophet who was crushed to death so a shrine could be raised to his memory . |
| 60 | Look at Jesus , nailed to a cross , dying a cruel death with two criminals beside Him ; look at Jesus , who was raised to life , and returned to sit beside His Father in heaven . |