Example sentences of "were [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Biset 's orders they were to search for the evildoers and those who harboured them , and do whatever was necessary to maintain the king 's peace in those parts . |
| 2 | Even if no more water were to flow into the aquifer , water would flow out , like the air from the tyre , until the pressure was no longer enough to lift the water above ground level . |
| 3 | ‘ If Chelsea were to proceed with the ground-share as it stands , the legal position of the development would be in doubt . ’ |
| 4 | " We 'll have a regular Simla evening , " declared the Colonel , and for this nostalgic excursion he chose to dine in a private room at Kettner 's , which still exists to-day , in Romilly Street , Soho ; after dinner they were to proceed to a box at the Palace Theatre , return to Kettner 's , where they arranged to leave their dominos , and thence to a masked ball at Covent Garden . |
| 5 | Action : If the user were to proceed to the module entry phase , Y DCs would be required for modules in package P. This number of DCs exceeds the LIFESPAN maximum . |
| 6 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 7 | If you were to strip off the face , like a rubber mask , what would be underneath ? |
| 8 | Essen Ruhrgas ( 35 per cent of shares ) and Hannover BEB Erdöl und Gas ( 10 per cent ) were to invest in the Leipzig Gas enterprise ( the remaining 55 per cent of shares would be sold to other investors ) . |
| 9 | The cutters and machinists were to remain at the club house for another twelve and eighteen months respectively but the plan was for the printers to move immediately into the new premises . |
| 10 | The puppies that were to remain in the UK , although shown , achieved no obvious success , either in the show ring or as breeding prospects . |
| 11 | In Essex there were to remain in the Forest only the half hundred of Waltham and parts of the hundreds of Ongar and Becontree , said to have been afforested before 1154 , and the royal demesnes of Havering , Hatfield , Chelmsford and Kingswood near Colchester . |
| 12 | They were to drive in the Bois de Boulogne . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , Micky , ’ said Peter Hickton , ‘ would it help if we were to go through the lines again this evening , just the two of us ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And if rumour were to go about the levels that the T'ang has lost something important and would clear a deck to find it ? |
| 15 | They urged that if the loyalist political parties were to go into the convention without having in reserve the weapon of the general strike , they would be as naked and helpless as Aneurin Bevan , the post-war foreign secretary , had said Britain would be in international councils if she were unilaterally to discard her nuclear weapons . |
| 16 | We were to go into the mountains and spend one night in tents before making our rendezvous the next day . |
| 17 | And how many officers were to go into the flat ? |
| 18 | Would you like me to check the mail — or attend to the women who were to go for a bush walk ? ’ |
| 19 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |
| 20 | It would be a tragic loss to theatre if such an important organisation were to go to the wall . |
| 21 | I have been living in the city for three years and if I were to go to the estates now they would n't give me work . |
| 22 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |
| 23 | If he were to go to the doctor and ask about it , he might find out — ‘ Mind yer backs ! |
| 24 | They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long . |
| 25 | The commissioners were to report to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , after which any recommended changes in the constitution would be voted upon in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly . |
| 26 | Women and children were to report at the school in the morning to make arrangements for the care and education of the evacuees . |
| 27 | The older children were to sit in the back half of the hall which was filled with rows of chairs . |
| 28 | The final two initiatives were to continue in the years ahead , but the other three had reached or would shortly reach the end of their trajectory . |
| 29 | If it were to continue throughout the decade the structure of the game could change significantly , by forcing counties to employ only a small force of top-class full-time professionals supplemented with part timers and the many amateur cricketers thrown up in the recreational game . |
| 30 | By way of explanation , the bemused kids were told this was a police operation , and they were to gather in the corridor and wait quietly for further instructions . |