Example sentences of "but it [be] [prep] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aftermath is seen , but it was to be several days before the damaged locomotive could be removed . |
| 2 | This chain of events led to British support of NATO becoming the basis of her Second Pillar of grand strategy , but it was to be another four years , and under Churchill 's last Administration , before it was finally set in concrete with the extension of the Brussels Treaty in the October 1954 . |
| 3 | But it was to be another 20 years before the changes had marked effect . |
| 4 | I suppose if the doctor had got his diagnosis right , then I would have had to go to hospital but it was to be another ten years before I was sent to such a place . |
| 5 | But it was to be some considerable time before any more was heard of the letters or of Sir George . |
| 6 | But it was to be some time before he began putting his interest to any practical application . |