Example sentences of "my [adj] [noun] was [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One granddaughter of a carpenter 's widow ‘ adored my grandmother , whom I seldom saw : my greatest reward was to be allowed to brush grandmother 's long silken white hair . ’ |
| 2 | At the Royal Infirmary my desperate prayer was to be home for the boys ' Easter holidays from school — and I was home . |
| 3 | My first ambition was to be a policeman , and then a private detective . |
| 4 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 5 | It was just as well that he did n't know my long-term aim was to be a pro golfer . |
| 6 | However I learned from Daphne 's friend that my errant partner was to be discharged on 20 February 1919 , leaving me with little or no time to balance the books . |
| 7 | My new creation was to be free of all that . |
| 8 | Then in the Southern my next prayer was to be home for the boy 's Christmas holidays from school and I got home : it was even more special . |