Example sentences of "that we were [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
| 2 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 3 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 4 | This house was to be Lovat 's Brigade H.Q and it appeared that we were going to be there on high ground for some time . |
| 5 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 6 | I thought that we were going to be able to love without fear . |
| 7 | So I 'm a little tired of that and I was very happy to hear that we were going to be exchanging ideas about how we can go forward . |
| 8 | Clearly if I had been aware that we were going to be talking about the merits of other routes , then I would have prepared a different statement . |