Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the communicating voice tube I was invited up to the bridge . |
| 2 | She was hard at work in her jealously private workshop , though she called in briefly at the library from time to time , and I was invited back to the Lodge for meals some evenings . |
| 3 | It happened that I was called back to the farm on the following Thursday to " cleanse " a cow and was in the byre when Dodson the drover called to pick up Blossom . |
| 4 | It was a relief when I was moved on to the Sports Desk ; these were gains and losses of a different kind and they did n't involve people getting killed . |
| 5 | For this print , I was thinking back to the patterns of light and shade created by strong sunlight . ’ |
| 6 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 7 | At the beginning , although I felt that I wanted to get better , I was hanging on to the secure feeling that being ill brought . |
| 8 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 9 | Eric was sitting in the front looking absurdly English and in the back was an old man I was taking back to the mountains . |
| 10 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I was wrapped up to the eyes when I went u down to put my walking boots on as well because they 're comfortable and there were people going going round in their shellsuits and you know I must be feeling the cold more now . |
| 12 | I was bellied up to the bar with the crowd of bobby-soxers and crewcuts . |
| 13 | Eventually I was driven back to the Noones ’ house by a blue-clad security man . |
| 14 | After thanks and apologies all round I was driven back to the Lion to find that my borrowed sheep had been sold and had disappeared . |
| 15 | We had ages together before I was taken off to the ward . |
| 16 | I was taken back to the cell , where I started throwing the furniture about . |
| 17 | I was taken down to the block [ punishment wing ] and they left me there for two days . |
| 18 | I was brought back to the mundane present by the shiver of chill that ran over me . |
| 19 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |
| 20 | One day , I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me . |
| 21 | Adds Murray : ‘ I was hauled off to the station but allowed to go after agreeing to pay for the damage . ’ |
| 22 | I felt like a portly 60 year old man with a beard , and that I was shuffling down to the shops in my espadrilles like he does , with his horrible , ratty little dog . ’ |
| 23 | They formed their line again and started searching for Esmerelda while I was carried back to the house . |
| 24 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
| 25 | By not eating I was going back to the security of needing my family , not being relied upon but having someone to rely on instead . |
| 26 | And it was Alice , right , and as I was going out to the door , she said to Alice , Alice must have said to her , are we going tonight ? |
| 27 | I was coming back to the fox hunting here , when it 's mentioned sorry about that Chair . |
| 28 | According to a House of Commons motion , the leak was traced through a system of numbered copies of the 752-page document , which was sent out to the authorities investigating possible criminal proceedings resulting from the report 's conclusions . |
| 29 | This delayed the Whole patrol for two hours whilst the unfortunate driver was flown to the Field Hospital in a Gazelle helicopter which was called out to the scene , and a REME team drove out to repair the Land-Rover . |
| 30 | The two reportedly denied reports that they had left their London hotel to attend the Palestine National Council ( PNC ) meeting in Algiers in September [ see pp. 38453-54 ] , and the PLO news agency Wafa on Sept. 26 said that they had not attended the PLO meeting in person , but had sent a message which was read out to the political committee . |