Example sentences of "he be [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . |
| 2 | PECKINPAH 'S LAST masterpiece , with James Coburn gloomily remembering , as he is shot to death , how he betrayed his values by tracking down free spirit Kris Kristofferson . |
| 3 | He is sentenced to death but dies in prison . |
| 4 | When he is sentenced to gaol he pleads in mitigation that he ‘ might have been a better citizen if I 'd had the levels ’ , to a Judge who did n't understand what he was saying , and of course the last page sees him studying for ‘ the levels ’ in prison . |
| 5 | Next there is the instinct that it is contrary to fair play to put the accused in a position where he is exposed to punishment whatever he does . |
| 6 | ‘ the instinct that it is contrary to fair play to put the accused in a position where he is exposed to punishment whatever he does . |
| 7 | Likewise , to give the fistula-suffering monarch ( Hugh Ross ) rather more than his fair share of Fisher King-like significance , he is made to stagger about in a stagy , enfeebled agony that could compete with Amfortas 's travails in Parsifal . |
| 8 | So now he is clubbed to death instead , much to the surprise of the audience . |
| 9 | In The Quarry Man ( 1908 ) a workman is blinded during blasting operations at a quarry ; later his wife becomes unfaithful and he is driven to suicide ; just in time his wife pulls him out of the river and she now abandons ‘ the downward path ’ . |
| 10 | It is also vital that any incident or accident involving the emergency services ( police , fire or ambulance ) is notified to Peter Bateman at Felcourt as soon as possible so that he is briefed to dal with consequent media enquiries . |
| 11 | The smoked window doors slam shut and he is removed to gnome hospital . |
| 12 | If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours . |
| 13 | In a separate development on Jan. 27 , nearly 1,000 students attempted to storm the villa where Ershad was being detained , demanding that he be transferred to prison within 24 hours . |
| 14 | Unless he 's promoted to Superintendent , he 'll face demotion , the sack or early retirement . |
| 15 | MUSA ANTER : A Kurdish journalist , he was shot to death in Diyarbakir , south east Turkey , on 20 September 1992 ; |
| 16 | He was condemned to death , and saved only by the intervention of a German padre . |
| 17 | He was condemned to death in his absence ( 469 ) and arrived in Persia as late as 465 , eluding en route an Athenian fleet which was besieging Naxos . |
| 18 | Although a scholar , and married with two sons , in 1677 he had got a young girl with child , and then murdered the child ; for which he was condemned to death . |
| 19 | Before he left he was invited to dinner at Buckingham Palace by George V and Queen Mary . |
| 20 | He was referred to University College Hospital for specialist treatment . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . ’ |
| 22 | ( Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . |
| 23 | He was asked to mike the case that supports his belief |
| 24 | ‘ He was stabbed to death this morning in Pentonville prison . |
| 25 | A warrior in the service of Cesare Borgia , he was stabbed to death in 1501 in a quarrel with another man over possession of a fancy Spanish shirt . |
| 26 | Paul Sheldon , 20 , was out with his 18-year-old brother , Peter , and a friend , Tom Cole , when he was stabbed to death in a quiet residential street in Edinburgh . |
| 27 | The computer-enhanced images were put together by police artists with help from Peter Sheldon , 18 , who was with his brother when he was stabbed to death . |
| 28 | There was the man demobbed from his regiment who came to do the garden just as he had before he was called to war . |
| 29 | In 1885 a Scottish Secretary was appointed , and in the 1920s he was elevated to Secretary of State . |
| 30 | He was scorched to death . ’ |