Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Second World War entered what was to be its final phase , Franco therefore stepped up his efforts to court Allied favour . |
| 2 | She had already discovered to her cost just how strongly attracted she was to him on a physical level . |
| 3 | Alan Steele signalled there was to be no let-up in the pressure when he rattled in the ninth goal 30 seconds into the second period , and though the visitors replied with two goals they were still chasing shadows . |
| 4 | When she woke it was to the incessant chattering of the wheels against the rails and Emily thought she would never arrive at her destination . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'd be a very odd individual who , when telephoned by his girlfriend and advised he was to be a father , failed to follow up on it , ’ Vitor growled , starting to walk again . |
| 6 | There is not a suggestion that one of these missiles were returned ; there is not one suggestion which can be made by anybody , no matter how evilly disposed he is to the organizer of the procession or to the purpose of the procession , that any violence was offered by a member of that procession . |
| 7 | I did — with admiration , though I never assumed he was to be taken without criticism . |
| 8 | In modern terms , he evaluated who was to be evangelised and was willing to take responsibility to go to them in the work of evangelism . |
| 9 | Their goods were to be confiscated and all who protected them were to be pronounced excommunicate . |
| 10 | One of the things they taught me was to be independent of doctrine , for their separate advice to me was contradictory . |
| 11 | In the years that followed I was to be in that lovely apartment many times visiting Jessica and Celia , who served the most delicious toasted bacon sandwiches and coffee that I have ever tasted . |
| 12 | The Act empowered the Secretary of State to put a limit on the amount if in his opinion the amount proposed to be raised was ‘ excessive ’ according to principles he determined which were to be the same for all authorities falling within the same class . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I heard there were to be fireworks , ’ Sean said . |
| 15 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 16 | DAUGHTERS of the rich and famous had to be evacuated from their boarding school yesterday after the headmistress discovered it was to be the site of a massive rave party . |
| 17 | And when Sean Connery discovered he was to be filmed with 8ft sharks for Thunderball his reaction was : ‘ You must be joking — not bloody likely . ’ |
| 18 | Barber then began what was to be a 43 year long career with May & Baker , as research chemist under Dr A. J. Ewins , FRS , carrying out process research in support of the manufacture of products such as neoarsphenamine ( NAB ) for treating syphilis . |
| 19 | In about 1823 he began what was to be his principal life 's work , the translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Persian . |
| 20 | Though it grated on their code of hospitality , the island hosts then decided there were to be no more gifts of food or drink , no more counselling or mapping , no more lending of labour , or advice . |
| 21 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 22 | It seems to be a facet of nature that the lower a creature is on the scale of consciousness , the less there is for it to learn , and the more slavishly bound it is to its instincts . |
| 23 | Such consultation was undertaken through a Great Council , from which evolved what was to be recognized as a parlement or Parliament . |
| 24 | It decided what was to be debated , for how long and when the final vote was to be taken , so that the government could plan its legislative programme and could forecast accurately when each legislative train would reach the various stages on the journey to enactment . |
| 25 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 26 | Pyramid Technology Corp teamed up with Chicago-based Comdisco Inc and Compagnie des Machines Bull SA last week : the three announced they are to jointly develop and market open system alternatives for the IBM mainframe market . |
| 27 | But I like to think they knew I was to be married . |
| 28 | The only reason I did this was I did n't want anyone to know where I really went which was to a flat in Park Town where I am ashamed to say I watched some sex videos with three other people . |
| 29 | That meant she was to be left with Barbara Coleman and Barbara Coleman was tiresome company . |
| 30 | And of the three of us who knew there was to be a young man on his way down to us by that path during the evening , how many have already made the leap forward to give this nameless victim a name , and begin to see certain reasons why it might be expedient for some if he never reached us ? |