Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] [pron] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Steele signalled there was to be no let-up in the pressure when he rattled in the ninth goal 30 seconds into the second period , and though the visitors replied with two goals they were still chasing shadows . |
| 2 | In retirement Ackerley revised what was to be his masterpiece , a ‘ family memoir ’ begun in the 1930s which was eventually published as My Father and Myself ( 1968 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Seumas Ban said she was to be fed . ’ |
| 4 | Residents were worried that adaptations to the building at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road meant it was to be used as a morgue . |
| 5 | It is also a very time-consuming process as it of course doubles the viewing time to select what is to be edited . |
| 6 | No matter bow close you are to your home , never lead a suspicious person to it so that he can see you enter an empty house/ flat alone . |
| 7 | As the Second World War entered what was to be its final phase , Franco therefore stepped up his efforts to court Allied favour . |
| 8 | And when Sean Connery discovered he was to be filmed with 8ft sharks for Thunderball his reaction was : ‘ You must be joking — not bloody likely . ’ |
| 9 | ’ My leftie grandchildren think I 'm to the right of Genghis Khan , but I really believe that you have to show people you ca n't do this sort of thing and get away with it , ’ she says . |
| 10 | In his chapter on children 's pictures , Roger Wales considers what is to be made of what children are doing when they produce a picture . |