Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj -est] [noun] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One granddaughter of a carpenter 's widow ‘ adored my grandmother , whom I seldom saw : my greatest reward was to be allowed to brush grandmother 's long silken white hair . ’ |
| 2 | Her highest ambition was to be by the end of the day simply acceptable , to have done no rushing or crashing , committed no vehemence . |
| 3 | He himself would probably have claimed that his greatest achievement was to be able to predict accurately where and when a particular cuckoo would lay its eggs . |
| 4 | His greatest ambition was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 5 | Winstanley , however , had full confidence and proclaimed his greatest wish was to be upon the rock during ‘ … the greatest storm that ever was ’ . |
| 6 | At that moment his dearest wish was to be back at work and having lunch with Mrs Tobias . |