Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once more her life was to be justified . |
| 2 | He had visited the place in 1937 and it must have been on this occasion that he took photographs of the village and of St Michael 's Church there ( where later his ashes were to be interred ) . |
| 3 | But now my ambition is to be a full-time writer . ’ |
| 4 | Now their generals were to be outmanoeuvred . |
| 5 | Now his aim is to be world champion . |
| 6 | Well my question was to be erm would your guests be happy to return to a Kuwait the same as it was before , but having listened I feel somewhat enlightened , although perhaps they 'd still like to answer the question in that form . |
| 7 | ‘ Setting aside the issue of murder , ’ said Herluin , ‘ for which as yet we lack any kind of proof , surely his story is to be believed . |