Example sentences of "[pers pn] were to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I were to be wrapped up warmly , and … ’ |
| 2 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
| 3 | The nut appears to be plastic and , if I were to be really picky , has been cut a hair on the high side . |
| 4 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 5 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |
| 6 | If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up . |
| 7 | But it or if I were to be thinking I 'd say , Is n't he . |
| 8 | What would she do if she were to be discovered ? |
| 9 | What if she were to be stranded in the mountains — marooned by a blizzard ? |
| 10 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
| 12 | Could you tell me what is the policy of your party on this matter and if you were to be elected to power at the next election what would your party do ? |
| 13 | If you were to be talking in a discussion group on television , or writing an article for a widely read magazine , such a statement would then be quite unacceptable . |
| 14 | You are obliged by law to inform your local water company in writing at least five working days before making certain alterations or additions to your plumbing system ; there would be stiff penalties if you were to be convicted of a contravention of the water bye-laws . |
| 15 | Well for the first six months , if you were to be taken seriously ill you would |
| 16 | The telephone rang at 8a.m. this morning to alert me to the fact that you were to be broadcasting on Radio 4 … 't was a friend of mine to whom I had mentioned your future plans … |
| 17 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 18 | Wendy and I were pleased to find that we were to be billeted in the same small town of Wolverton — pleased , that is , until we saw it ! |
| 19 | We were to be dropped by L.R.D.G. approx. four miles from our objective at 23.50 hours on night 11 July 1942 . |
| 20 | We were to be her guardians . |
| 21 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 22 | ‘ We heard nothing until March 1989 when we were told we were to be taken to court — myself , Mrs Roper and Mrs McNeil . |
| 23 | If we were to be swallowed up , the credibility of our beers as genuine regional products would be destroyed . |
| 24 | Now we were to be reconciled and it was the beginning of a thrilling era for both parties . |
| 25 | Very soon we were to be concerned with matters less peaceful than the conduct of our kitchens . |
| 26 | He entered the room with the pop-eyed , lock-jawed expression of one who was expecting to hear a death-sentence from his commanding officer , but he cracked into smiles of various kinds when he heard we were to be his proteges . |
| 27 | He had the expatriate knack of being lent things and getting himself looked after on his return to the native land , and as they talked it became apparent that we were to be entertained to lunch by the gallery owner . |
| 28 | We were to be the first line . |
| 29 | But this would be weakened if we were to be deflected from our existing targets . |
| 30 | I realised at the beginning of 1992 that we were not core and that we were to be disposed of — we had a very difficult year . ’ |