Example sentences of "of they was [verb] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 was that the one where hang on let me think what it was , there 's some , there 's a it was , at Oxford College were n't it and one of them was trying to be a like high up in the church or something
3 Moreover one of them was bound to be reporting back to the Questore , and since there was no way of finding out which he would have to keep them all busy if he was to do what Bartocci had asked .
4 Although several differences in pretreatment characteristics of responders versus non-responders were observed , none of them was found to be significant .
5 When the first of them was brought to be executed , he placed his neck on the block and the executioner pulled the handle to release the blade .
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