Example sentences of "[indef pn] was [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone was sure to be home . |
| 2 | Someone was supposed to be carrying it . |
| 3 | He had rung them up while he was making the tea and someone was supposed to be on his way . |
| 4 | Thought somebody was sure to be out . |
| 5 | This one was certain to be the ‘ Dennis Lillee Show ’ . |
| 6 | Of days one was proud to be associated with railways and too many ( still only a sprinkling but so devastatingly disrupting ) that one swore always to take the car next time . |
| 7 | It was strange how difficult it was to be alone , especially as no one was anxious to be with me . |
| 8 | The lapse was duly noted by the Stage Manager and no one was surprised to be summoned on stage at the ‘ half ’ for the evening show , and receive a dressing down from the Company Manager . |
| 9 | Russian workers from Uzbekistan pour concrete and fit window frames but eight months after the earthquake , not one was ready to be handed over for use . |
| 10 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 11 | He invented the idea of communal living like flats okay and everyone was supposed to be the same . |
| 12 | It was like communism everyone was supposed to be the same , everyone would have the same house , with the same shed , everyone would have the same stuff in their house , all their doors would be colour co-ordinated and that 's what flats were , the original idea of flats were like co-ordinated living okay . |