Example sentences of "i [verb] [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 2 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 3 | He seemed to answer every question I had ever asked and to have lived a life far above everything I knew was to be aimed at . |
| 4 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 5 | My biggest fantasy I think was to be a sort of assistant , a nurse , holding Boy 's hand while O worked on him . |
| 6 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 7 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |