Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] were to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises . |
| 2 | The linen on the beds was to be changed once in fourteen days , and there were to be three blankets and one quilt to each bed . |
| 3 | About 300 political prisoners had been deported from Lisbon to Madeira in the autumn and winter of 1930 , and they were to be important in the trouble which followed . |
| 4 | Sharpe was released a few days later , but there were to be many more visits to the hospital as worries grew about his condition . |
| 5 | But they were to be disappointed . |