Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [pron] [be] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 If Paul or Erlend or I were to die at Siward 's hand , you would feet as he does .
2 Duncan , Bert and I were to secrete ourselves behind the curtains along with Aspel , who was to demonstrate the trick with the help of his three ‘ assistants ’ .
3 Charles was to play tennis with Ann and she was to let him know when she was feeling upset .
4 Pak 's power base was in south Korea and he was to re-establish the Korean Communist Party on 12 September 1945 .
5 Well Jim and I are to start with to get the er
6 Eyes sparkling , Vicky told me : ‘ Laurence and I are to spend the whole day together . ’
7 He explained the set-up ; Duncan and I were to pull an Aspel-laden rickshaw through the busy streets of Charing Cross — ignoring the irate rush-hour traffic , which was being held up by an army of floor assistants — to the steps of Charing Cross underground station .
8 What if Mercia and I were to take over Northumbria ? ’
9 ‘ Okay , he did n't play in Sweden but who 's to say he would n't have done had we got to the final ?
10 When Edward Thomas entered the History Eighth at St. Paul 's in January 1894 , he was at least seventeen months younger than the seven pupils who had joined the class in the previous July or September and who were to leave it the following June .
11 Who or what is to blame for the production of this sex monster who terrorised five counties for nearly six months ?
12 Paul Muni , though , was to arrive in America some thirty-three years before Peter Lorre and he was to develop his skills in New York 's Yiddish Theater .
13 Floy said , slowly , ‘ If Snodgrass and I were to agree to it — ’ He stopped and Caspar said , ‘ Yes ? ’
14 This was the most fundamental fact about the movies in Britain and America and it was to remain the most important fact throughout the great years of the cinema 's hegemony .
15 There was a hush-hush meeting with Eliot and I was to keep out of the way .
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