Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [to-vb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards , she was to wonder what might have happened if Mr Sands 's grand party had not turned up . |
| 2 | And yet above that and beyond that what you were seeking to do was not just to serve the Board of World Mission and Unity , it was to serve what you believed was the good and right for the church of god which you have sought to serve and to support and to take further . |
| 3 | With agonising clarity she realised that she could n't fool herself that she would be content with that and , however tempting it was to take what he had to offer , no questions asked , it was n't good enough for her . |
| 4 | Every peasant knew what it was to pay what he spent ; every peasant comprehended the character of a prodigal . |
| 5 | Moreover one of them was bound to be reporting back to the Questore , and since there was no way of finding out which he would have to keep them all busy if he was to do what Bartocci had asked . |
| 6 | He decided to stay where he was to see what would happen . |
| 7 | But the lessons he learned from those formative years were to stand him in good stead later on when he was to understand what it meant to be a director from first-hand experience . |
| 8 | Arthur Ibbetson , the English cameraman who worked with him on several occasions , first notes how alarmed he was to discover what a bad skin Richard had and then enthuses without pause about the shape of his face , his professionalism , his patience . |
| 9 | And Nicholson 's have not been slow to realise the commercial potential of this classic heritage ; Langford & Williams ' design brief from them was to restore what could be restored and to reinstate in sympathy with the building where necessary . |