Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw some of the places that were to play an important part in the later dramas of my life : the great Clerecia church where I was to be sitting one momentous morning , and beside it the lovely Casa de las Conchas , its walls decorated with rows of carved scallop shells — seven rows adorn the upper storeys . |
| 2 | The book trade — where they were to be found in large numbers — differed from the other kinds of printing in several ways . |
| 3 | They had been trained in their own callings — pilots , navigators , gunners and wireless operator 's — and came together at No 19 OTU Kinloss where they were to be trained on Whitleys . |
| 4 | In the same year , Dustin was in London again as one of the guests at the Royal Command Performance of Love Story , where he was to be presented to the Queen Mother . |
| 5 | Born in York on 16th October , 1918 , he was baptised in St George 's Church where he was to be ordained a priest on 8th April , 1945 . |
| 6 | Now Daniel was difficult , telling her not to come to the hospital , where he was to be Father Christmas in the children 's ward . |
| 7 | Christopher Gore , the son of a nuclear scientist and himself a brilliant academic , waited patiently to be let in to Bristol Crown Court , where he was to be accused of killing his father and his mother . |
| 8 | For example , she considered Yardley 's Foundation Cream highly desirable , and would purchase it at every shop where it was to be found , with the consequence that she must have had dozens of pots stored , all drying up , in the limited accommodation provided in her billet . |
| 9 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 10 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 11 | As it turned out , fate had decreed that I was to be the one who would change this unhappy state of affairs . |
| 12 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 13 | It was from Magda that we heard early in September that a British Sunday newspaper had reported that an Iranian with close links to Hezbollah had said in Beirut that I was to be released immediately . |
| 14 | Did you truly believe , it seemed to say , that I was to be so easily pinned down ? |
| 15 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 16 | ‘ So I was to be delivered back to that fool , was I ? |
| 17 | He had concluded that there was no likelihood of a breach of the peace , largely , it would seem , because the protesters had emphasised that theirs was to be a peaceful event . |
| 18 | One of these documents had informed her that she was to be attached to a Mr Victor Wilcox , Managing Director of J. Pringle & Sons , for one day a week during the remainder of the winter term , and she had chosen Wednesdays for this undertaking since it was the day she normally kept free from teaching . |
| 19 | Maria replied that she was to be allowed to come for two days in the week following her letter . |
| 20 | The next day all this was swept from their minds when a letter arrived from Eileen , saying that she was to be married by special licence . |
| 21 | The letter had definitely stated that she was to be met . |
| 22 | With the plaintiff 's cooperation and the assistance of care , they have seen to it that the plaintiff was not to be institutionalised and that she was to be brought back into a loving home and encouraged to be the thinking , intelligent and lively person she still is . |
| 23 | Perhaps he 'd come to tell her he 'd changed his mind about his decision that she was to be his ‘ girlfriend ’ until Travis was over her , she mused , and , since courtesy cost nothing , she invited him in . |
| 24 | This , she realised , was what lay behind that dreadful feeling of alarm she had experienced when Naylor had first stated that she was to be his ‘ girlfriend ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
| 26 | 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 … |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Wardle , Appleyard , Close , Lowson , Trueman and Illingworth entered cricket in Yardley 's reign and all had great respect for his tactical ingenuity and his benevolent , Gower-style leadership although they were to be critical later . |