Example sentences of "[pron] [num ord] [noun] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | My first ambition was to be a policeman , and then a private detective . |
| 2 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 3 | Then in the Southern my next prayer was to be home for the boy 's Christmas holidays from school and I got home : it was even more special . |
| 4 | ‘ He told that her next responsibility was to be loyal to her husband above all else . |
| 5 | ‘ He said that her next responsibility was to be loyal to her husband above all else . |
| 6 | His first ambition was to be a pilot or flight engineer . |
| 7 | When congratulating Paskevich on the end of the war with the Turks in 1829 , Nicholas told him that his next task was to be " the permanent pacification of the mountain peoples or the extermination of the recalcitrant " . |