Example sentences of "and [pers pn] were [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after we first visited the castle , my sister and I were treated to a walk along the cliffs . |
| 2 | Sergei said Bernard has n't been in touch with Bailey for days , certainly not since C.W. and I were assigned to the case . ’ |
| 3 | JC : Peter , do you remember that really worrying evening when you , Ben , William and I were invited to a dinner party by the Harewoods at Orme Square [ May 18,1953 ] ? |
| 4 | They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long . |
| 5 | Out on the river , their language was less guarded , and we were treated to a variety of epithets which no Merton man , I hope , would have allowed past his lips in mixed company . |
| 6 | A flock of eight curlew rose and we were treated to a spectacular display flight of steep flapping rises , slow glides and bubbling trills . |
| 7 | But on 19th April the wind began to blow very violently from the west , and we were driven to the east of the Molucca Islands . |
| 8 | I 'm a boarder at a school in Derbyshire and a member of the school 's Army Cadets , and we were going to the Beacons as part of a self-reliance exercise . |
| 9 | They followed as far as possible in the time available , the practices and procedures of the permanent parliamentary boundary commission , indeed of the six members of the committees , five were members of the parliamentary boundary commissions and they were appointed to the committees after consultation with the opposition parties . |
| 10 | Hannele introduced him to two of ficers in some sort of private uniform and they were conducted to a stateroom . |
| 11 | The head waiter came towards them , and Anthony gave another name , not his , and they were ushered to a table in the window , overlooking the terrasse where a few customers were sitting in the open , a glass or two in front of them in the freshening air . |
| 12 | Fabia climbed up a flight of steps with Lubor into the timbered , red-and-white-check-curtain-windowed building , and they were shown to a table . |
| 13 | The cards had nothing on them but apparently meaningless hieroglyphics and they were thrown to the ground to add to the litter that so distresses London Transport . |
| 14 | George Godwin of The Builder was also present , and they were introduced to the Ministers by three MPs , Hope , Stirling and Tite . |
| 15 | Most of their oysters , though , came from the Colne , round Mersea Island , and they were supplied to the big Roman garrison at Colchester . |