Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And something about his voice made Philip think perhaps it was n't to be a parrot after all . |
| 2 | At one stage it was thought that the old lady would be written off , but luckily it was not to be and the following year I was able to take her from Buckie with a new lease of life . |
| 3 | Maybe it was only to be expected , a sudden change that tilted your world sideways , slipped the ground from under you a shade . |
| 4 | Unfortunately it was not to be . |
| 5 | Although the name Shaw has not arisen before this date , from here onwards it was never to be far from the Lakeland milling scene . |
| 6 | Sadly it was not to be saved . |
| 7 | Sadly it was not to be . |