Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] he was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 12 September 1991 there was a hearing of the care proceedings , a supervision order was made in respect of D. and he was returned to the mother . |
| 2 | Courtney 's accident happened on the very first lap when he was in the lead at Mather 's Cross between Coleraine and Portrush and he was taken to hospital although his injuries were not known at the course . |
| 3 | Shortly after he started at the restaurant he told Wayne that he was moving to Mrs O'Neill 's boarding house on the corner of Main Street and Railway Avenue . |
| 4 | innocuous tale ‘ edited ’ by Pickwick while he was confined to bed at Dingley Dell , and read by him to Wardle and Trundle . |
| 5 | I have never met him since for I left Bristol before he was appointed to the Chair of Music but he was remembered with affection by many of my peers . |
| 6 | Peking said it would not persecute Mr Yang if he was returned to the mainland , a clear sign it would strongly disapprove of Hong Kong not returning him . |
| 7 | Father Shanahan received his call to God when he was engaged to be married , the court heard . |
| 8 | It was at Brives-la-Gaillarde that he was elevated to the kingship , and it was from the cities of Aquitaine that he received the oaths of loyalty , which most kings must have taken by proxy . |
| 9 | He was then known as Mick Misell , came from the East End , and bristled when an officer , asking Burton if he was going to be an actor , was rebuffed by the reply , ‘ Probably not , sir . |
| 10 | José and Paz Puig de la Bellacasa have both done so much good for both Spain and Britain since he was appointed to the Court of St. James 's in 1983 . |
| 11 | In 1595 Crosse was preparing to accompany Ralegh to Guiana when he was recalled to the navy at the queen 's specific order . |
| 12 | Mercury , or Mercurius as he was known to the alchemists , had been much on her mind of late . |
| 13 | Mul was evidently established as king in Kent but he was burnt to death there and Caedwalla responded with a second invasion in 687 ( ASC A , s.a. 687 ) and may then have ruled Kent directly for a time . |
| 14 | Duduc had been given lands at Congresbury and Banwell in Somerset and a monasterium in Gloucester before he was promoted to Wells , and another royal priest , Stigand , received the new church at Assandun and became a major figure under Edward the Confessor , eventually ( and illegally ) holding the great sees of Winchester and Canterbury in plurality . |