Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] was [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After hearing the two women for a while , Mayor John Church summoned the Looe town constable , at which each woman presumed the other was to be suitably punished for her infamy . |
| 2 | The traders say the money was to be paid by one o'clock on Sunday . |
| 3 | The arch of her eyebrows declared the pretence was to be total . |
| 4 | In return £2 million of its capital and a proportionate part of the interest which the government paid the company was to be cancelled . |
| 5 | However , it is also understood the announcement was to be made in the New Year and was brought forward because the Prime Minister and the Queen decided to pre-empt publicity after being advised of a leak . |
| 6 | A plebiscite to resolve the matter was to be held at some future , unspecified , date . |
| 7 | Police believe the site was to be a focus of a stolen car ring . |
| 8 | When you proposed it , I understood the article was to be a celebration of ten years ’ good work . |
| 9 | According to the day 's briefing notes the masterwork was to be Men of Harlem something to do with his globetrotting , presumably . |
| 10 | The interim government which would replace the IJC was to be headed by Rabbani , and a number of portfolios were allocated to various groups , including the premiership to Hekmatyar and the Defence portfolio to Masud . |