Example sentences of "were there to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Lucy knew they were there to be lovers , Jay knew like her heartbeat that they would make love . |
| 2 | In Five Easy Pieces , the biographical elements were there to be discovered , slightly falsified , perhaps , and for those who did not notice them , Nicholson made a point of mentioning them in interviews . |
| 3 | Some powerful hints of what was to come were there to be seen in December 1980 . |
| 4 | They began with some exploratory tests to see what effects if any were there to be measured and to help design an optimal experiment-to scale it properly , in the idiom that Fleischmann uses . |
| 5 | They tended to face north and west when they should have faced south and east , because they were there to be looked at , not to be looked from , and the windows of the mansion faced in the contrary direction . |
| 6 | But who were there to be marketed to ? |
| 7 | " You accepted the fact that you were there to be developed , improved and polished , " Eva comments , even if in her case she once took it rather too literally . |
| 8 | As the subject assessment proceeded it also became clear that the Subject Assessors were there to be supportive — not to look for mistakes , but to help us ’ . |
| 9 | They were there to be beseeched and entreated for their protection and aid in adversity , but what if they failed ? |
| 10 | However lukewarm the feelings of the citizens of York towards their southern overlord , his officers were there to be obeyed . |
| 11 | I did n't even know they were there to be quite honest . |