Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 2 | A sound engineer was supposed to fade them out at the start of the first edition in July '67 , but failed . |
| 3 | Anyway , he left what should have been my share to Matthew on condition that I was able to lease it back at a nominal rental . |
| 4 | He still used to entertain the others with stories of his days as a master criminal and boast that he had n't lost any of his skills , but it was difficult to imagine him back at that game . |
| 5 | When I woke up it was with the certainty that I had solved an extremely important problem and was eager to try it out at once . |