Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found being introduced to people individually , as they arrived , much easier than going into a room full of new babies and it was good to share experiences . |
| 2 | It also helped being married to bleached-blonde ball-busting pop star Madonna . |
| 3 | In the North of England , nearly half of firms visited were found to be illegally underpaying workers . |
| 4 | The final stage in the process was to make sure that the box provided was filled to half-way with plaster of Paris to absorb moisture , though he gives no guidelines as to how deep such a box should be ; ‘ after this , the cover and two windows were put down ’ . |
| 5 | The data from the other three course involved was restricted to progression beyond first year . |
| 6 | But the five-shot lead he created was trimmed to a manageable three shots for today 's third round which the English Ryder Cup man starts on a 13-under-par total of 131 . |
| 7 | Strange , she thought crossly , that the Copenhageners were n't all wearing ankle bandages , but then they 'd been born to the decorative but tricky pavements and attuned their footwear accordingly . |
| 8 | She 'd been so sure he 'd been born to money . |
| 9 | ‘ He 'd been sent to a friend of mine to be sold , but he was a little bit difficult to place . |
| 10 | She 'd been flattered to be asked , of course . |
| 11 | ‘ You were afraid of the light because you 'd been taught to be afraid of it , ’ said Rachaela . |
| 12 | ‘ They all reported to the police station they 'd been assigned to and they all went on to stand trial . ’ |
| 13 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 14 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 15 | His parents were found dead at their house by firemen who 'd been called to their cottage in Tetbury . |
| 16 | She 'd been elected to the National Executive Committee and she stood up , said how pleased she was , and then said , ‘ But now I have to take the bucket round for a collection because that 's what I always do … ’ and I just thought , ‘ How wonderful ’ . |
| 17 | Their veteran spokesman thundered occasionally from the back benches , but he 'd been banished to the backwoods by popular opinion . |
| 18 | Shit all over the floor and the walls , " said a twenty-one-year-old machinist who 'd been banished to Coventry 's notorious Woodend estate . |
| 19 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 20 | He 'd been posted to the Far East in the 1930 's and as a police office , he was captured at the fall of Singapore and imprisoned in the Japanese death camps . |
| 21 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 22 | He 'd been stabbed to death . |
| 23 | There was the beer keg I 'd been tied to and the length of wire I 'd probably been tied with lay on the floor . |
| 24 | He 'd been battered to death . |
| 25 | ‘ Father wanted someone to inherit who knew Venice and had been taught the business , someone who 'd been trained to the position . ’ |
| 26 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
| 27 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 28 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 29 | She 'd been required to be beautiful and talented and independent , but she had n't wanted to be any of those things . |
| 30 | He 'd been put to bed early , exhausted after a visit from Konstantin and his girlfriend . |