Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | added , however , that the offers of accommodation which were expected to be made pursuant to the resolution of the local authority could ‘ be made the subject of fresh proceedings under Order 53 or by way of writ , as the recipients may be advised by counsel . ’ |
| 2 | When Ronald Summerfield died three years ago his house and shop were found to be piled high with antiques he 'd collected over the years . |
| 3 | ‘ Regulations , directives and decisions of the Council and of the Commission shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall refer to any proposals or opinions which were required to be obtained pursuant to this Treaty . ’ |
| 4 | It was plain that the document as whole was intended to be kept confidential by the plaintiffs and that this fact was firmly impressed upon anyone who had anything to do with it . |
| 5 | He evidently considered that all pottery of that period was intended to be reduced black or grey , and thought that black burnished were actually coated with bitumen . |
| 6 | One of them was sentenced to be burned alive , and the other hanged , punishments dictated , apparently , not by their sexuality as such but their transvestism and use of the dildo — at once , I want to suggest , appropriations of masculinity , inversions of it , and substitutions for it . |
| 7 | I did n't think I was going to be found guilty other than by accident . |
| 8 | But school chiefs were stunned to think that a sex offender was going to be let loose to warn children of the dangers of immoral goings-on . |
| 9 | ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’ |
| 10 | He was going to be buried alive ! |
| 11 | But hang out for long enough , and something illegal was bound to be made available . |
| 12 | the district judge held that each defendant was bound to be found negligent . |
| 13 | When she and Dustin were reunited in the laundromat , he was beginning to be noticed off-Broadway and she was an established dancer . |
| 14 | Both these main suites show the combination of ease and comfort which was beginning to be considered essential to the perfect home of the Twenties . |
| 15 | The crevice , upon further examination , was found to be stuffed full of yellowing incisors and weathered molars . |