Example sentences of "now [pers pn] [be] to [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I was to be given to Syl . |
| 2 | Now we were to be reconciled and it was the beginning of a thrilling era for both parties . |
| 3 | Now they are to be scrapped and sold off as scrap metal . |
| 4 | The league recently relaxed the overseas-player rules for the Crusaders — before they were allowed only five imports , three more than other teams , now they 're to be allowed 10 . |
| 5 | It had seemed perfectly all right for a working married couple , but now they were to be invaded . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Now it is to be sold , along with snaps of the late Mirror newspaper tycoon with Ronald Reagan valued at up to £300 . |
| 8 | Some writers appear still to feel that the criterion remains one of recognition by the government of this country , the difference being that , whereas before 1980 the government would say expressly whether it recognised the foreign government , now it is to be left to be ascertained as a matter of inference : see Professor J. Crawford ‘ Decisions of British Courts during 1985–86 involving questions of Public or Private International Law ’ ( 1986 ) 57 B.Y . |
| 9 | Now it 's to be used in a sponsored ride from Lands End to John O'Groats.Ken Goodwin reports |
| 10 | Where now he was to be incarcerated as a hostage , a prisoner , an enemy . |