Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Porter and Paisley were frequently to be found leading such marches and various Ministers for Home Affairs found themselves being denounced by loyalists at Orange rallies . |
| 2 | Arsenal were through to the next round , and it was the turning point in the club 's history . |
| 3 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 4 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 5 | Although the light was still clear , Hawkbit was not to be seen anywhere on the upland . |
| 6 | AN inquiry is underway at the Serious Fraud Office following a leak suggesting that former boxer George Walker was about to be arrested . |
| 7 | She knew Donna was up to something . |
| 8 | Meredith was not to be led away from the point at issue . |
| 9 | Her mother went to a nearby shop and when she returned 15 minutes later , Kathleen was nowhere to be found . |
| 10 | Even Woolstaton was up to the |
| 11 | Bernice was on to something . |
| 12 | Rafiq was nowhere to be seen . |
| 13 | His father would now and again telephone me saying that David was down to his last few pounds and that he worried about money . |
| 14 | At that moment , back in Bamford , Chief Inspector Markby was about to be given the answer to that question . |
| 15 | Most of the people in Bonanza 's outfit had been aware that Mahoney was up to some kind of private business that kept him in the bucks more than whatever he earned from Bonanza . |
| 16 | And if few found the work easy to like , most recognised that Koons was on to something brilliant . |
| 17 | When Thorfinn was never to be seen in one place for more than a few hours , and when he no longer looked like a man with a fleet ready loaded for sea , but like a man already on board and lifting his ship to meet the first swell of the storm . |
| 18 | By now McRae was down to seventh , four minutes adrift and close to tears . |
| 19 | So , since for the present Neil preferred to lie low and find out just what Ewen was up to , I could not tell Mrs McDougall of Ewen 's night-time visit . |
| 20 | The second one-day game in Guyana was played against a background of uncertainty over whether Robin Jackman was about to be asked to vacate the premises . |
| 21 | Teaching at Falconhurst School in Milton Keynes was back to normal this morning . |
| 22 | Half time came and the fans artound me were a bit pissed off because a ) Leeds were n't actually playing all that well and b ) Rocky was nowhere to be seen ( ironic when you consider it was his picture on the front of the program along with an interview where he said Wilko came to him & said ‘ you 're in the team , just go do it ’ — or something like that- ) . |
| 23 | Linda was not to be placated . |
| 24 | On a worrying note , SuperJon was back to his , er , erratic best . |
| 25 | Mr Bigg said speed restrictions on rail lines in East Anglia were about to be introduced because there was not enough money for line maintenance . |
| 26 | Mr Glynn Ford , Labour leader in the Euro-parliament , said the Tories led by Sir Christopher were about to ‘ live in sin ’ . |
| 27 | Yugoslavia and possibly Albania were also to be invited to the meeting , although neither was a COMECON member . |
| 28 | The wetlands and wastes of England were soon to be loud with their tumults . |
| 29 | There were at least a dozen big-wave specialists on the North Shore who , if the Eddie Aikau were actually to be held , could reasonably expect to make a small fortune . |
| 30 | With the last action of the match Ferguson reduced the deficit when he headed powerfully past Bonner , but Celtic were not to be denied a deserved victory . |