Example sentences of "they was [vb pp] 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 | Somebody in the blackness around them was bound to be listening . |
| 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 . |