Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] he was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | innocuous tale ‘ edited ’ by Pickwick while he was confined to bed at Dingley Dell , and read by him to Wardle and Trundle . |
| 2 | I have never met him since for I left Bristol before he was appointed to the Chair of Music but he was remembered with affection by many of my peers . |
| 3 | Peking said it would not persecute Mr Yang if he was returned to the mainland , a clear sign it would strongly disapprove of Hong Kong not returning him . |
| 4 | Father Shanahan received his call to God when he was engaged to be married , the court heard . |
| 5 | He was then known as Mick Misell , came from the East End , and bristled when an officer , asking Burton if he was going to be an actor , was rebuffed by the reply , ‘ Probably not , sir . |
| 6 | José and Paz Puig de la Bellacasa have both done so much good for both Spain and Britain since he was appointed to the Court of St. James 's in 1983 . |
| 7 | In 1595 Crosse was preparing to accompany Ralegh to Guiana when he was recalled to the navy at the queen 's specific order . |
| 8 | Mercury , or Mercurius as he was known to the alchemists , had been much on her mind of late . |
| 9 | Duduc had been given lands at Congresbury and Banwell in Somerset and a monasterium in Gloucester before he was promoted to Wells , and another royal priest , Stigand , received the new church at Assandun and became a major figure under Edward the Confessor , eventually ( and illegally ) holding the great sees of Winchester and Canterbury in plurality . |