Example sentences of "it be to be [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to be many months before the new tsar accepted defeat in the Crimean War . |
| 2 | It was to be many years before South Africa could support full-time professional dance companies . |
| 3 | We had another seven years of rationing to come , though we did n't know it , and it was to be many years before things returned to normal , but the war was over . |
| 4 | It was to be many years later that I learned of the strictures Tata had accepted once he had proposed marriage to my mother , a Roman Catholic . |
| 5 | The aftermath is seen , but it was to be several days before the damaged locomotive could be removed . |
| 6 | LONDON , when John Cranko arrived , was suffering the after-effects of an exhausting war , and it was to be several years before the restrictions and shortages were overcome . |
| 7 | Without a base , then , Mario had only his private ambitions to fulfil , and it was to be some years before he did . |