Example sentences of "was he [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd told her , on no account was he to be allowed to cry for a feed , but that at the same time he was n't to be put to the breast unless he really wanted to . |
| 2 | He did make the inevitable protest of the recently released prisoner : was he to be hounded wherever he went , just because of the recent trip ‘ abroad ’ , and surely that debt was paid in full and he could be allowed to start again in , of all places , his old home , which he was only visiting in the hope of finding where his parents had moved to ; to lose touch with his dear mother was not to be borne ; he needed to talk with his parents , to explain things to them , and ask for their forgiveness . |
| 3 | At his consecration by the archbishop of York , a dispute broke out about his title : was he to be consecrated as Metropolitan or as Primate ? |
| 4 | No longer was he to be a free agent in the matter of policy . |
| 5 | Was he to be reprimanded or not ? |
| 6 | The train had nearly stopped , but only one thought filled his mind : how many warnings was he to be allowed ? |
| 7 | And was he to be as abjectly grateful for proffers even from young Eric in the north lands ? |
| 8 | Was he to be an expert or an arbitrator ? |