Example sentences of "[num] [prep] they [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 16th however eight of them were despatched to Maleme airfield , Crete , from where next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece at first light . |
| 2 | Sixteen of them were taken to hospital with whiplash neck injuries — others were treated at the scene of the accident for cuts and bruises . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I 'll tell ye — nine hundred and ninety-nine of them are glued to the Holy Writ of Economic Theory ; the remaining one , which ought to be fixed on Ireland , is blind . ’ |
| 4 | Then bundle up your husband and boyfriend and send him to the woman whose name appears at the top of the list , you will receive 16,337 men — and one of them is bound to be a hell of a lot better than the one you already have . |
| 5 | One of them was sentenced to be burned alive , and the other hanged , punishments dictated , apparently , not by their sexuality as such but their transvestism and use of the dildo — at once , I want to suggest , appropriations of masculinity , inversions of it , and substitutions for it . |
| 6 | Moreover one of them was bound to be reporting back to the Questore , and since there was no way of finding out which he would have to keep them all busy if he was to do what Bartocci had asked . |
| 7 | Only one in twenty of them is reduced to a dependent life in a hospital or home : considerably more , in fact , are carers for others . |
| 8 | Incensed by such treatment , the hare scratched the Moon 's face with his claws and the two of them are disfigured to this day . |
| 9 | And finally , the criminal injuries compensation scheme , to cut the amounts paid to people who are victims of gang rape , to cut the amount paid to people who are victims of child abuse , that shows just how much the Home Secretary cares about the victims of crime , and his other measures show that he 's far more concerned with his own career , with pleasing the Conservative party conference , and with trying to do anything , anything I mean he 's brought in whatever it is , twenty-seven proposals , one or two of them are bound to work , if you throw enough stuff at the fan , some of it usually hits the target . |
| 10 | All but two of them were found to be leading personal lives that were full of achievement . |