Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was only after a considerable struggle that the diver was dragged to the deck . |
| 2 | Although the Americans were anxious not to become identified with " colonial " authorities , aid was granted to the French from May 1950 . |
| 3 | An example of the former ( Fig. 9.1 ) was advertised in the press on 31 May 1988 when 400 million of 2 per cent index-linked stock was offered to the public . |
| 4 | " I only ever wish to please him and I 'm very sorry my pet gibbon was taken to the palace . |
| 5 | The townsmen had secured support from the rural hinterland , and a young knight in the invading force was clubbed to the ground by an English rustic . |
| 6 | IN 1982 , a naval task force was despatched to the Falkland Islands under the same authority . |
| 7 | On Aug. 9 , when the aircraft carrier Clémenceau was directed to the Gulf area , President Mitterrand said that France 's long-standing friendly relations with Iraq , and support during its war with Iran , " allows us to say all the more clearly that we accept neither the aggression against Kuwait nor the annexation which followed " . |
| 8 | Soon after 1620 a monument was erected to the memory of the first [ q.v. ] and second Barons Rich ( died 1568 and 1581 , Felsted , Essex ) which includes a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the life of the first lord . |
| 9 | A report on the shooting was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service , but it decided not to take any action against Miss Hobson . |
| 10 | All the new industrial investment was switched to the continent . |
| 11 | The police chose this moment to charge at and disperse the pickets from the entrance to the plant and the NUM President was bundled to the floor . |
| 12 | The President was responding to the defeat on Feb. 19 of the ruling National Party ( NP ) in a by-election in Potchefstroom , in the western Transvaal , where the Conservative Party ( CP ) , the official white opposition party , won a majority of 2,140 , overturning the NP 1989 general election majority of 1,583 . |
| 13 | Proliferation was limited to the mucosa and submucosa . |
| 14 | For crude oil , Quan ( 1992 ) found that the spot price led the futures price by over a month , and this unusual result was attributed to the dominance of the spot market for oil . |
| 15 | A silver dish like a holy water font was fastened to the seat in front of me . |
| 16 | The DUP 's first reaction to the murder was to suggest to the OUP that a joint candidate , acceptable to both parties , be found . |
| 17 | But the club was sold to the brewers Arkells . |
| 18 | The seat was given to the school for a Mr headmaster and as a gesture of goodwill to all who pass the school . |
| 19 | To celebrate their 50 years a commemorative wooden seat was given to the village . |
| 20 | When the General Commissioners reviewed the facts , they had regarded three matters as important : first , that the storage racking was bolted to the floor for safety purposes — the Commissioners took the view that there was no distinction between the racking ( which was plant ) and the platform ; second , that members of the public were rarely admitted to the platform which was essentially for storage ; and , third , that , although the platforms were large , there were cases where very large structures had been deemed to be plant . |
| 21 | Another agent was recruited to the effort in Charlie 's Restaurant in Washington , where he arranged to sit at the bar with two packets of cigarettes in front of him , so that Secord and North could recognize who he was . |
| 22 | The new great seal was handed to the king , and the old seal broken by the king 's command . |
| 23 | She was here in the flesh to oblige Miss Beard , but her mind was filled to the brim with Joss Barnet . |
| 24 | His mind was alerted to the excitement and importance of mathematics applied to practical problems , that is in effect , physics . |
| 25 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 26 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 27 | Junk mail was readdressed to the sender and despatched stampless . |
| 28 | I think my brother-in-law was summoned to the help of Mrs McLaren , when she fell into the brook one dark morning , because he was a parish councillor . |
| 29 | The column of her neck was weighted to the left by the perfect sphere of her cropped head . |
| 30 | It is likely that this variability was related to the individual 's ascorbic acid state ( Table II ) . |