Example sentences of "were [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could hardly wear garments that were ripped to shreds and spattered with blood . |
| 2 | The fugitives were traced to Sydney . ’ |
| 3 | Other villages linked with Young Farmers ' Clubs for joint activities and the social purpose of the WEA was exemplified through course-linked visits to theatres in Cambridge and Oxford while other visits were arranged to Parliament . |
| 4 | The house , their chamber , the food were arranged to perfection , and after the brutish clangour of Famagusta they should have been in a state of bewildered gratitude . |
| 5 | On two evenings there were demonstration experiments , in electricity , optics , magnetism and gyroscopes , with an exhibition of photographs of the Moon ; and on the last evening was a meeting where the proceedings of the General Committee and the allocation of grants were explained to members . |
| 6 | All nursing and medical procedures were explained to Mr Reynolds and he was asked his preferences wherever possible . |
| 7 | The scalding flood swamped hundreds of homes and many people were plucked to safety by helicopter . |
| 8 | With seconds to spare the two girls were plucked to safety by firemen wearing breathing apparatus . |
| 9 | Four youngsters were plucked to safety yesterday after becoming trapped on a cliff ledge at Seaham after the tide cut them off . |
| 10 | THREE young canoeists are lucky to be alive this morning after they were plucked to safety minutes before being swept to sea . |
| 11 | After an international outcry , the sentences were commuted to life imprisonment , and the couple were adopted as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International . |
| 12 | When the court 's judgement was reviewed by the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , Nigeria 's principal decision-making body , on Oct. 31 , however , the death sentences were commuted to terms of life imprisonment . |
| 13 | They resist the Hungarian claim that the three regions of Slavonia , Croatia and Dalmatia were annexed to Hungary . |
| 14 | A British tourist , Mr Edward Gait , and a West German were crushed to death and 12 other foreigners were injured when a restaurant roof collapsed in Arona , Tenerife , police said yesterday . |
| 15 | The victims were crushed to death when the coach turned over in the air and smashed into the ground roof downwards . |
| 16 | In April 1989 , hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed to death on the terraces of Sheffield 's Hillsborough Stadium before the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest . |
| 17 | Three men were crushed to death under seven thousand tonnes of rock . |
| 18 | In that case the personal representatives of persons who were crushed to death at the Hillsborough Stadium claimed damages under the Law Reform ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1934 for pain and suffering alleged to have been sustained prior to their death . |
| 19 | Then , one by one , they were stoned to death . |
| 20 | Since it preferred to sulk in its residences in the Faubourg Saint-Germain , it was inevitable that the posts at court were given to descendants of the Imperial nobility , either civil or military . |
| 21 | During a recent promotion , the Great Central Railway has undertaken the 1992 visitors survey and questionnaires were given to visitors and passengers arrival with a closing date of August 7 . |
| 22 | But in the commanding heights of the First Division with huge crowds and ambitious directors , there is no doubt that incentives were given to players . |
| 23 | His responsibilities were given to Dipak Patel . |
| 24 | Special instructions were given to stationmasters that should the trains stop at any station no one was to be allowed to board them . " |
| 25 | Oh , I think the story goes on from there , because I do n't think though and this is a personal opinion and I I 'd love the Committee to I do n't know tha that er I M R O ever did get accounts out of Liechtenstein because a year later B I M the m the ownership of it was transferred from Liechtenstein back to England but guess who the the , the owner was transfer to a charitable trust , so we 've got erm a company that is handling the investment management of seven hundred million pounds worth of pension funds which is owned by a charity and the and the accounts that were given to I M R O and these accounts were given to I M R O a year later , were charity commission er type accounts , which evidently showed something like five hundred thousand pounds in that charitable fund and er and no transactions you know , so and that company that was running that was the beneficial owner of our investment company where all the errors took place . |
| 26 | Oh , I think the story goes on from there , because I do n't think though and this is a personal opinion and I I 'd love the Committee to I do n't know tha that er I M R O ever did get accounts out of Liechtenstein because a year later B I M the m the ownership of it was transferred from Liechtenstein back to England but guess who the the , the owner was transfer to a charitable trust , so we 've got erm a company that is handling the investment management of seven hundred million pounds worth of pension funds which is owned by a charity and the and the accounts that were given to I M R O and these accounts were given to I M R O a year later , were charity commission er type accounts , which evidently showed something like five hundred thousand pounds in that charitable fund and er and no transactions you know , so and that company that was running that was the beneficial owner of our investment company where all the errors took place . |
| 27 | The Jews were given Galilee and Nager , and Judea and the Rift Valley ( West Bank ) were given to Jordan . |
| 28 | In 1836 grafts of both Cox 's new apple trees were given to E. Small and Son , nurserymen of Colnbrook , who began to sell young trees locally four years later . |
| 29 | Further formal controls over clinicians were given to managers , but in addition the impersonal incentives of the market would , it was hoped , make doctors more cost-conscious and efficient . |
| 30 | Initially , presentations were given to personnel sections both at Head Office and at the airports . |