Example sentences of "[conj] that was [adv] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 But that was not to be .
2 But that was not to be .
3 I wish that all members of the Community had reserved a similar power not to join , but that was not to be .
4 But that was not to be .
5 He is looking up and out to sea in a southerly direction , and looking and listening desperately for sight or sound of Middleton — but that was not to be .
6 But that was only to be expected .
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