Example sentences of "[noun] but it [be] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man certainly came that night but it was to see her , not her husband . ’ |
| 2 | This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease . |
| 3 | This marriage was advantageous to him in that it introduced him into the local society but it was to last only three years , for in 1573 Jane died of smallpox at the age of 20 . |
| 4 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 5 | It 's got nothing to do with mortality but it 's to do with the great beauty of the colour of raw meat ’ . |