Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pron] [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The justices were ordered to have this statute read before them in their courts and henceforth it was to be firmly kept and obeyed . |
| 2 | In Buckinghamshire four of the five wealthiest lived in Aylesbury , Amersham and Buckingham , and elsewhere they were to be found at places like Bromsgrove and Kidderminster , Worcs. , and Blakeney , Little Walsingham and Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . |
| 3 | It had taken her three full days and now they were to be carried downstairs and arranged in the hall , after which her sister would take them to the post office . |
| 4 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 5 | Running costs were therefore not to be cut by NETRHA and indeed they were to be substantially increased . |
| 6 | But just what was to be in Oz ? |
| 7 | It had seemed perfectly all right for a working married couple , but now they were to be invaded . |