Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be invited to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 2 | About five weeks ago , I had been invited to a presentation by Garth Enterprises , who were unveiling their plans for a golf course and leisure complex which would also include a hotel and the provision of some expensive houses alongside each fairway . |
| 3 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 4 | ‘ I had been invited to Miss Havisham 's to see if she liked me . |
| 5 | I had been invited to a banquet by some mad Russian prince . |
| 6 | Lena Pye , Uplands , Etherley Lane , Bishop Auckland : I had been invited to the public gallery at Durham Assizes ( crown court ) by Supt Vickers to watch part of the trial of Mr Louis Bloom , a Sunderland solicitor . |
| 7 | " I 've been invited to a dance . " |
| 8 | Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been invited to a party next weekend . |
| 10 | The desire to outshine others provoked extravagance , such as that shown by a Marquise who wrote to a friend : ‘ I have been invited to Compiègne for a week so I have sold a mill ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A couple of the DJs and I have been invited to a party being given by one of the local music companies . |
| 12 | ‘ The one consolation is that my husband Samuel and David and I have been invited to be in the audience when Go For It is filmed . |
| 13 | On Sunday I have been invited to a farmhouse-restaurant in the country to sample some rural Brazilian fare . |
| 14 | Some time later Philip wrote to say that , although he had not put his own name forward for consideration , he himself had been invited to be the official biographer and had accepted . |
| 15 | Harry Durrant , 92 , is one of only 24 veterans from throughout Britain who has been invited to RAF Marham in Norfolk . |
| 16 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 17 | She said , ‘ I 'm sure you 've been invited to the wedding next week . ’ |
| 18 | She had been invited to ‘ do ’ a couple of mornings a week for Racy . |
| 19 | She had been invited to dinner on Sunday evening by another member of her women 's group , and she had promised to take a pudding . |
| 20 | You know , she 's been invited to that wedding in Africa ? |
| 21 | er up , one who 's been invited to one 's birthday party |
| 22 | Mo , one who 's been invited to one 's |
| 23 | And just finally , on Friday we are in to the we 've been invited into a bags competition , you know , that 's after the bags actually means bookmakers afternoon greyhound services , and we race that every Friday as you know erm anyway we 've been invited to erm a national championship involving the other bags tracks that erm involved in this erm and so we stage our two heats on Friday . |
| 24 | We had been invited to Romania to show us how safe it was and how much fun the skiing could be in Poiana Brasov . |
| 25 | But I wish it had n't been tonight , for tonight we have been invited to Gemma 's house for supper . |
| 26 | The mere fact he had been invited to the eight-man special event represented progress . |
| 27 | He had been invited to Hall 's conclave , but did not attend . |
| 28 | While I was out , Reg Pybus dropped in a note saying he had been invited to Wrexham with a view to joining them as coach . |
| 29 | Naughtie asked John Cole whether he had been invited to what was clearly the party of the century , and Cole replied gravely that he had . |
| 30 | He had been invited to dinner by Jenny . |