Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] what be [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | As the Second World War entered what was to be its final phase , Franco therefore stepped up his efforts to court Allied favour . |
| 3 | When the King asked what was to be done , ‘ all the said councillors and every of them by himself , adviseth , counselleth and prayeth that not only process but execution of justice be also had … |
| 4 | Some believe that it is normative in an absolute sense ; that Christ revealed what is to be believed ( for example about divorce ) for all times . |
| 5 | Barely two weeks after the Jarama carnage , Franco launched what was to be the last Nationalist attempt to take Madrid , with an attack to the north-east of the city , in the province of Guadalajara . |
| 6 | At some point , between the end of the prosecution in December and the beginning of the defence in February , Noriega 's lawyers abandoned what was to be a sensational defence : a claim that Noriega was a dupe of CIA-contract pilots running guns to Nicaraguan Contras and returning home via Panama with cocaine . |