Example sentences of "[pron] was to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But whenever I see that PG tea advert on TV I think how close I was to real trouble ! ’ |
| 2 | Tradition anachronistically proclaims him as the first pope — the first ruler of the Church which was to enshrine Paul 's triumph and constitute an edifice of Pauline thought . |
| 3 | Daniel was much more subject than she was to gynaecological and biological terror about the coming birth . |
| 4 | You was expected to er to get to know these and also you was to taught to er sharpen the wood tools . |
| 5 | When Martha compared Sam with Bob Lamb , it was to poor Sam 's detriment . |
| 6 | Nearly 10 per cent of the Earth 's surface is covered by ice , which remains as terra incognita to climatologists as it was to 17th-century explorers . |
| 7 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 8 | It was to hot for practising anyway and despite our limited preparations we won both matches in St Thomas and Tortoal quite comfortably . |
| 9 | The US government announced on Aug. 24 that it was to double Estonia 's credit limit for buying grain to US$10,000,000 . |
| 10 | Contact with less advanced elements might well fluctuate , subject as it was to constant police intervention . |
| 11 | Some practitioners complained that it was to difficult to estimate in advance and could lead to aggressive underpricing which may affect the quality of the work . |
| 12 | I 'm , I 'm sorry if it was to difficult to , to follow , either because of the microphones or |
| 13 | When she woke in the morning , it was to clear blue skies , and she gave a sigh of pleasure . |
| 14 | I did n't think I like the cut of it very much or , I think it was to tight . |
| 15 | Of greater moment , it was to precious substances that men turned for currency , since by definition these possessed the prime quality of acceptability . |
| 16 | Hayling simply rang him up , in the way that he was to cold-call others , asked for his help , and got it . |