Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went round the corner of the building shining his lamp but nothing was to be seen . |
| 2 | But I was to be disappointed . |
| 3 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 4 | You were being frightened off because you 'd started asking questions , but I was to be killed because I 'd found some answers . ’ |
| 5 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 6 | The word ‘ humanity ’ borrowed some of its force from the 1959 approach , but the rest of the definition would have taken us back to a test of manners based on an assumption of consensus which is at worst suspect and at best unproven , but which is to be measured only by outrage , surely an irrational and wholly subjective response . |
| 7 | There were to be three more co-opted Governors , to be appointed for a term of five years , but none was to be appointed until the original " life " Governors gave up their seats . |
| 8 | The agreement guarantees Kurds their safe return — but who is to be the guarantor of their long-term safety and freedom ? |
| 9 | But who was to be general in his place ? ’ |
| 10 | When we have cares , we are not to look to pagan religious practices and philosophies for respite , but we are to be as the Apostle Peter put it ‘ Casting all your care upon him , for he careth for you . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll bide a wee while in your hospital , but there 's to be no cosseting , you 'll understand ! ’ |
| 12 | What prompted blunter speaking we do not know , but there was to be no lack of plainness in the English memorandum drawn up on the 31st . |
| 13 | But there was to be no resting , particularly with Jeffrey Archer keeping an eye on the time . |
| 14 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
| 15 | But there was to be no rest . |
| 16 | They were to tutor the child who refused to attend school , but there was to be more to it than that . |
| 17 | But there was to be no reversal of the British attitude . |
| 18 | But there was to be a change . |
| 19 | John hoped that Mr Gubb would now spare the boy : but there was to be no remission ; the penalty had to be paid , the example given . |
| 20 | But there was to be no repeat of the growing anti-war movement of 1916 . |
| 21 | But there was to be no repeat performance as the 2-5 favourite failed to sparkle in the two and a quarter mile Haldon Gold Cup . |
| 22 | Salaries were to be increased by 9% , full London Weighting of £1776 to be given to all London staff , but there was to be no reduction in differentials . |
| 23 | But there was to be Norman Lamont and a tr and treasury ministers , three or four of them . |
| 24 | Sharpe was released a few days later , but there were to be many more visits to the hospital as worries grew about his condition . |
| 25 | Events after 1969 shows that Nixon intended to continue the use of America 's great influence and power ; but there were to be no more Vietnams . |
| 26 | Smith and Cusack then had shots blocked in another goalmouth scramble , but there were to be no more real goal attempts by Darlington after that . |
| 27 | Mhm but they 're to be qualified people involved . |
| 28 | The return system , we , we say to the girls they must come back but they 're to be incorporated within the round . |
| 29 | True demi-caractère dancers with a sense of comedy are still rare but they are to be found . |
| 30 | Other fans simply call them little kids , but they are to be distinguished from other ‘ little kids ’ in other areas of the ground . |