Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paper was a poster advertising the play Shannon was to be working on — a poster dominated by the vivid blue eyes and harsh , hawklike features of the star player . |
| 2 | Pressure on North Korea was increased when it was announced in mid-November that concern over the North 's nuclear programme was such that the ongoing process of the reduction of US troops based in South Korea was to be halted indefinitely . |
| 3 | In the poem Frost at Midnight Coleridge announced that his child Hartley was to be educated according to this theory , and Wordsworth , in writing about his own childhood , makes out a case that he was an example of the same process : The Prelude describes Wordsworth 's formative years from this point of view , and though the facts may be correct , the selection and emphasis of the facts is open to question . |
| 4 | It was a colleague , Everard Bone , who with his wife Mildred was to be one of the guests at the dinner party that evening . |
| 5 | Next morning Charles was to be seen approaching Hyde Park Corner once again . |
| 6 | The ploy had worked surprisingly well , especially when Candy had learned that Bernie had been successful and that Ace Elliot was to be the star guest . |
| 7 | A Union Jack was to be purchased for the occasion at a cost not exceeding one pound . |
| 8 | After a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 21 it was announced that the mandate under which the multinational rapid reaction force was stationed in south-east Turkey was to be extended for a further 90 days from Sept. 30 . |
| 9 | His youngest son John was to be betrothed to the Count 's daughter and heiress presumptive . |