Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | I did — with admiration , though I never assumed he was to be taken without criticism . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 5 | Cobalt said : ‘ He did n't mind her staying longer because it meant he was to be paid more . |
| 6 | General Baratieri , hearing he was to be superseded in command of the Italian forces , advanced by night with three columns through the rocky hills and gorges near Adua to give battle to Menelik 's army , which numbered a hundred thousand men . |