Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The challenge now was to prepare for the transfer of his state and his army back to France . |
| 2 | BRITAIN 'S new racing chiefs are under pressure to order a fresh probe into who really was to blame for the Grand National fiasco . |
| 3 | BRITAIN 'S new racing chiefs are under pressure to order a fresh probe into who really was to blame for the Grand National fiasco . |
| 4 | When Professor Tidy sat down , worse was to come for the defendants , as a plethora of witnesses placed every permutation of the four in or about the vicinity at various times that evening . |
| 5 | Worse was to follow for the great mare , for after winning a match at Punchestown against Buck House ( who the day before her Gold Cup victory had won the two-mile Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham ) and running second in the Prix la Barka at Auteuil , she returned to the French course in June to attempt a repeat victory in the Grand Course de Haies . |