Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] was [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Robin Tavistock 's table , where I was honoured to be seated , was a superb square birthday cake , iced in Robin 's racing colours , with fifty tiny candles in miniature gold candelabras . |
| 2 | Tumbling blearily on deck in my pyjamas I was confronted by the huge bulk of a klondyke trawler ramming alongside us , and I was just in time to see her huge fender catch our motor dory and sink her where she was tied to our stern . |
| 3 | ‘ I worked through the night to get them done and then drove to her house where she was confined to bed , ’ says Alan . |
| 4 | Seeing he was rooted to the spot , she swept out proudly — and bumped into Rizzi and Katarina . |
| 5 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 6 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 7 | He served in India and Uganda , where he was appointed to the DSO ( 1899 ) , before joining the staff of H. H. Kitchener ( later first Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of the Broome , q.v. ) in the Boer war , in which he was wounded in action . |
| 8 | He performed only 24 hours within the first 12 months of the order , and was brought before the Crown Court where he was found to be in breach of the order , which was revoked . |
| 9 | They moved to Cowbridge , Glamorgan , in about 1823 , where he was apprenticed to a doctor and amateur artist called Harrison . |
| 10 | A second received burns over 60pc of his body and was taken by helicopter to hospital , where he was reported to be seriously ill . |
| 11 | Born in Galway , studied at Mungret College , Limerick , where he developed a taste for rugby football , and All Hallows College , Dublin , where he was ordained to the priesthood on June 24th , 1944 . |
| 12 | He was handcuffed and taken to a locker room where he was chained to a metal grille by the arms and legs . |
| 13 | The animosity between Stratford and Kilsby was to some extent personal , yet even where it was related to principles , they were set within revealing limits of assumptions , experience and motives . |
| 14 | However , even where it was acknowledged to be still relevant — in the colonies of the European empires — the Congress of the International was no more clear . |
| 15 | It has , however , gone on to achieve wide publicity on the high rating US TV programme , 50 Minutes , where it was claimed to " take conventional wisdom about air pollution and shoot it full of holes " . |
| 16 | Although wool was not usually graded , Furness wool was listed as ‘ worst , medium , best , ’ and it went far afield by pack horses to London and Southampton , where it was exported to France and the Low Countries . |
| 17 | He said the motorcycle was new , and left near the crowded Dadar railway station in central Bombay where it was reported to police by a doctor . |
| 18 | Subsequently , the box was collected from the Pump-house and returned to Appleby Hall where it was returned to its place among the ruins . |
| 19 | To check for a developmental role for these hypersensitive sites , the presence of the transgene was tested in newborn mice and where it was shown to be expressed ( data not shown ) . |
| 20 | Although I was shackled to a radiator , my blindfold was removed and I was given a cup of water and a sweetmeat . |
| 21 | It was not thought too good at one time , so I was sent to Slough General Hospital for an X-Ray . |
| 22 | ‘ Back to bed , Julia , ’ he said in a kinder voice than she was used to in Venice . |
| 23 | Tiller was a stickler for cleanliness , so she was told to be strict in supervising their washing ( for some this was as novel an experience as appearing on stage ) . |
| 24 | It was much the same as the previous one , except it was referred to by a different name . |
| 25 | The office of Earl Marshal was to all intents and purposes the heritable property of the Howard family , although it was lost to them for several decades after the attainder of the fourth Duke of Norfolk in 1572 . |
| 26 | The fare for most of those years until 1939 was 6d ( 2½p ) , although it was increased to 9d when the tour was extended to Clifton Drive in 1932 . |
| 27 | He had heard about the Old Magic at University , although it was forbidden to wizards . |
| 28 | I understand that another television programme , dealing directly with what the Home Secretary chose not to reveal although it was known to him , is to be broadcast on Thursday . |
| 29 | For a child of five this was a terrifying experience , although it was meant to be a birthday treat . |
| 30 | That was typical of Sam : although he was acknowledged to be one of the finest seamen in the village , he was still young , and reluctant to delegate the steering to members of his crew . |