Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [was/were] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Other students joined in and before long , quite spontaneously , a crowd of some 200 or so was found to be singing lustily , with Leonard as the ecstatic , unselfconscious conductor . |
| 2 | Previous generations were brought up in an age when it was thought not ‘ respectable ’ — especially for women — to enjoy sex ; and men and women over 50 or so were expected to be together ‘ for companionship ’ , to the exclusion of any sexual activity . |
| 3 | . Erm but then we slept under every hedge , I think , along the south coast , till we lost our machine guns , collected anti-tank guns , and eventually were transferred to the Royal Artillery , but still with this county pride of Devon , which I 'd never met before . |
| 4 | The nadir of transient UOS relaxation swas the most clearcut point and so was related to the time of onset of the common cavity episode to the nearest second . |
| 5 | Sibylle herself was only eight when Hitler came to power , and so was exposed to the intrusive influences of the Nazi state during her most formative years . |
| 6 | I am not aware of the details but the compulsory incident reporting system was found to be wanting and so was changed to a voluntary one . |
| 7 | Twelve manors , a vill and four hamlets held by subjects on the west side of the Severn from Newent in the north to Lydney , Alvington and Aylburton in the south were named : they were said to have been afforested by John , and so were claimed to be free of the Forest law . |
| 8 | The writers of the series , like other intellectuals , were aware of the ever-present possibility of backlash and apparently were advised to ‘ keep quiet ’ . |
| 9 | In the symbolic construction of this community ( Cohen 1985 ) boundary images of inside and outside were elaborated to an intensity , making us crucially aware and ‘ conscious … of dirt that has ambiguously got onto the wrong side of the frontier ’ ( Leach 1976 : 61 ) . |
| 10 | ( 1987 ) report that 20 per cent of Americans aged 65 and over were admitted to hospital in 1986 ; this represents 10.8 million hospital admissions . |
| 11 | The priceless trophy was lodged in the vault of a local bank for safe-keeping , a few years later was handed over to Kelvingrove Museum , Glasgow , and finally was given to The Royal Company of Archers . |
| 12 | They , too , will owe a lot to the boycotters and sanctioners , including one in particular that I used to revile and later was honoured to be able to call friend — also a keen cricketer , a left-hand bat who as a schoolboy in Pretoria was thought promising enough to be headed for a higher grade of cricket one day . |
| 13 | Emphasis should be — and surely was intended to be — on the fact of breakdown , and not on the formal technicalities of establishing such breakdown . |
| 14 | Lore went as a receptionist to an army hospital in Abergele and then was posted to Canterbury , where she worked for Personnel Selection . |
| 15 | In the Blitz she returned to London and then was sent to the Midlands , until the Jewish Committee returned her to a Jewish environment in 1945 : |
| 16 | ‘ She spent the night in intensive care after the operation , and then was moved to a private room where she is recovering . ’ |
| 17 | She shivered and then was recalled to the reality of the cold autumn morning by the sound of her friend 's voice . |
| 18 | After Stalin 's fall it became the Road of the Heroes and then was changed to the Road of Youth . |
| 19 | At four shillings a copy it came within the purse of most and indeed was judged to be ‘ a manual to the whole kingdom ’ . |
| 20 | Those people who innocently came to my house this evening , expecting a pleasant dinner , good wine , enjoyable conversation — and instead were treated to a vulgar display ? ’ |
| 21 | She said moving the pupils back and forward was bound to be unsettling and confusing for them . |
| 22 | But this friction was beneficial for the students , as they not only learnt a rigorous method of representation but also were exposed to more liberal attitudes . |
| 23 | Hating the idea of killing , he had hoped to serve with the Medical Corps but instead was assigned to the ‘ Bantam ’ battalion , being , as he said , ‘ too short for any other ’ . |