Example sentences of "and [pron] was [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once my lady 's sister was staying at Hurst Castle not far off , and there was to be a grand ball , and her ladyship sent me over in the coach to dress her sister 's hair , Lady Winton that was . |
| 2 | Corporate income tax was reduced by one percentage point to 31 per cent and there was to be a one-off rebate of 5 per cent in personal income tax . |
| 3 | John Patten was to reply to the debate on education and there was to be a debate on defence . |
| 4 | If all went awry and there was to be a last ditch fight for the city , this is where it would take place . ) |
| 5 | Whereas similar provisions in other countries were mainly designed to provide facilities which could or could not be used , the Irish ones were to be compulsory and there was to be no choice of doctor . |
| 6 | Those in Norfolk , Northamptonshire and Suffolk were to remain but the tutors in Bedfordshire and the Cambridgeshire area were to be withdrawn and there was to be no replacement for the one in Essex who had resigned in the previous year . |
| 7 | The Smith residence was a plush , elderly house set amongst trees and shrubs off the road ; the lights were on and there was to be no deliverance . |
| 8 | Suffolk had received £6.5 million of new transfer money from the Government and there was to be no change in the level of funding . |
| 9 | The fees were set at £6 for the Junior Department and £10 for the Senior ; and there was to be no age differentiation in future . |
| 10 | Five gallons of wine was to be levied on every half acre of land , and there was to be an additional tax on manpower . |
| 11 | And there was to be the big industrialists , three or four of them . |
| 12 | And he was to be the first of a growing number of police officers to take part once a week — as we tried to persuade our viewers to do more to help the police in preventing and solving crimes , as well as catching the villains . |
| 13 | Lufbery became obsessed by the urge to avenge his friend , which evidently pursued him until his own death in May 1918 , and he was to be the first American to earn the title of ace . |
| 14 | We made the excursion with ‘ the children ’ that had become traditional ; perhaps it was the most beautiful , and it was to be the last . |
| 15 | In fact , immediately after the launching she was hauled out of the water again and it was to be the following September before she was actually ready , even though an optimistic delivery for June had been promised . |
| 16 | In the sixth issue- and what was to be the most famous Australian Oz — the magazine reprinted a Lennie Bruce feature from the Realist , providing a print debut for the comedian in Sydney . |